Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...gentleman connected with the New York Herald recently told a friend that there were constantly ten or fifteen Yale graduates "hanging around" the Tribune office looking for a position on that paper. College graduates do not seem to be in demand on the metropolitan press...
...Virginia paper says that William and Mary College at Williamsburg has entirely gone down. Last year there was only one student, this year none. The president has a splendid residence just out of town, and the buildings are quiet and lonely looking and seem to hide within their walls much of wisdom, but this is all that is left of the once proud seat of learning...
Since the beginning of the present school year, when Harvard recorded herself against professionalism and professional trainers in athletics, our sister colleges seem to have redoubled their efforts in the opposite direction. The latest example occurred in the proceedings of the Inter-Collegiate Rowing Association, where a proposition to employ professional coaches was voted down by a large majority. We think that the spirit which favors the introduction of professionalism into college athletics is greatly to be deplored and should be promptly discouraged, as one can easily see to what excesses the custom may be carried. As yet Harvard...
Without desiring to be impertinently suggestive to those who know their duty, it would perhaps be a good thing as the mid-years approach, to draw up a list of the different characteristics of that season that seem to need a remedy. There will be no use grumbling after the occasion has passed, and the best time for mentioning the subject is just before the preparations are made by the authorities...
...Record we hope will accept this statement as authoritative, and convey to their crew the assurance which cannot fail to encourage them, that our crew is now in active training for the race and do not seem discouraged about the uncertainty of the event...