Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Goodwin, Ronalds, Coxe, Peters, Flanders, Bertron, Robinson; half-backs, Richards, Terry; back Martin. The Yale News says of the playing of this team; "The first day's practice in this new make-up was quite encouraging. THe playing was much more like that of years past, and the men seem to be learning to fall on the ball in good old-fashioned Yale style...
...periods with the number of avsences written upon it. In this simple way the in structor is saved the necessity of reading off the names of the members of the section wholly. The trouble to the students in preparing these slips of paper is hardly worth considering. It would seem as though this plan, which is at once so simple and laborsaving, could be profitably adopted by many instructors at college. If we cannot have the privilege of absolute voluntary recitations we can at least be saved the annoyance of hearing our names read off daily in the wearisome tones...
...Every one- except the fortunate possessor of a most phlegmatic temperament- seems to be in a state of unusual bustle and activity, and to be rushing about the venerable streets of the Alma Mater in a style that savors either of fire or examination time. Anxious faces are to be seen peering nervously into every shop window, and consulting in a furtive manner memoranda of purchases to be accomplished post-haste, according to the directions of the inexorable bed-maker or landlady. Most unhappy of all appear the Freshmen who make their purchases under the supervision of an indulgent father...
...more subjects would have to be prepared by them. If, however, a large number of subjects with which they are more or less familiar has to be reserved for the examination, a comparatively unfamiliar subject will have to be chosen for the first forensic. For these reasons it would seem well for the instructor in forensics to decide as soon as possible upon the advisability of granting or refusing the petition which evidently has the good will of a great majority of the men concerned...
...keep his physical condition at a standstill. No exercise means necessarily a falling off of bodily strength, while a comparatively small amount of energetic physical exercise each day will develop muscle and produce good bodily health. Men who seek mental superiority and neglect the condition of their bodies seem to forget the Latin phrase, "mens sana in sano corpore...