Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Sept. 26. The series of defeats that Harvard athletic teams have received during the past three years at the hands of their old rivals from Yale seem to indicate either that the men from Cambridge do not enter into these contests with the same spirit that their rivals display, or that there is something wrong in the system itself...
...elements of a fine display were present. The changes which have taken place in the art of rowing since the days when the races were rowed on Lake Quinsigamond or Lake Saratoga, and when Harvard and Yale were willing to meet the crews of the smaller colleges seem to have been following a logical development. The ambition to win has resulted in a greater mastery of watermanship, and the colleges which have had less material to draw from, or which have allowed their interests to flag, have been left behind, so that Harvard and Yale have been justified in their...
...very unpleasant to find that many of the students of the college do not seem to appreciate the great work which the graduate committee have been doing in behalf of Harvard boating. Their impressions seem to have been derived entirely from the newspapers which have chosen to disparage the committee on every possible occasion. The newspapers have more than hinted that the crew itself does not feel confidence in the committee. It may not be out of place, therefore, to state here that the crew puts perfect confidence in the gentleman who are coaching them; and whether the race...
...interesting to note that neither age, weight or height have any decided advantage, the oldest crews having won six times out of twelve, the lightest seven times out of twelve, and the shortest six times out of ten. It would seem that the qualities that bring success are not to be mathematically computed...
...insisted that some law-school man should be chosen as umpire, fearing that the partiality of any under graduate would lead him to side with the opposing team. When objection was made to his proposal, he immediately called his men off the field and refused to play. It would seem as though a man who has passed four years at college would be sensible enough to control his temper and not give way to such an exhibition of childish behavior. By such actions, one might be led to believe that class games were not intended merely as a means...