Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...representations made to the president by student members of the Conference Committee, it is voted, in addition to the vote of May 11th, that the student members of the Conference Committee be authorized to call a mass meeting of the students, or to take any other measure which seem to them judicious, for the purpose of procuring the election or appointment of a committee to maintain order in the yard...
Bowdoin College does not seem to have any delicacy about professional training. Plaisted has been coaching the crew for the last few days...
...great extent sitting in judgment upon his own tastes and opinions. Without making any personal reflections whatever, it is surely a bad principle, when so many disinterested judges can be found, to appoint one who has a monetary interest in the success of certain of the competitors. Lest it seem that I feel personally aggrieved, I may state that I was not, and had no thought of being one of the contestants. But as a matter of simple fair play, the board of judges ought hereafter to be differently constituted...
...with something like the skill with which it is played in Canada. What has been one of the chief difficulties with lacrosse as a spectator's game is the irregularity of the positions of the players. Unless a person is acquainted with the game, the players are apt to seem jumbled. The more scientific the game becomes, the easier it is of course for the spectator to see why the different positions are taken, and after all there is a charm about the irregularity of positions which is in great contrast to the machine-like regularity of the base-ball...
...confidently expect that the work done this afternoon will do great credit to the college. Under the supervision of our efficient trainer, the track athletics of Harvard are in a more flourishing condition than ever before in the history of the college. Both old and new men this year seem filled with an enthusiasm which it is very gratifying to see, while the results attained are equally encouraging to all interested in the success of Harvard in the inter-collegiate games. There is a well-founded belief that the record-breaker will be on hand this afternoon...