Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...organize two clubs to meet on different nights. One was to be a debating club; the other was to take the form of a military company. Of course in addition to the debating and drilling there were to be games and such other forms of amusement as should seem best for the boys. But it was expected that besides taking the boys off the street, the most good would be accomplished by personal contact with the students...
...attempted in the slightest degree to evade this publicity. On the contrary, the crews seem to appreciate the general interest taken in their work, and tacitly invite the public to come and enjoy it. The London daily newspapers regularly print the hour at which the men will go out on the river, morning and afternoon, and in consequence the banks are covered with all kinds of interested spectators...
...purpose of the Harvard Republican Club is not to develop partisanship, but to stimulate into activity the convictions of the republican students. Membership in the club shows a man's devotion to the principles in which he believes-principles which seem to him essential to the welfare of his country. Politics and religion are both vital subjects. The rule of the University has not been to disallow privileges to religious organizations of one sect or another, on the ground that some of them must be wrong, and therefore all must be excluded. The rule has been, rather, that all should...
...club had desecrated a place of meeting or had behaved in an unseemly way, or had lost dignity to an extent not to be excused by a plea of enthusiasm, there would seem to be reason in the new rule on grounds of University policy. But the students have seen no such disgrace...
...game was stopped by rain in the eighth inning. For ninety-five Cassatt, Brown and Dodge did the best fielding, and Dodge and Phelan batted well. Ninety-four's infielders played fairly well with the exception of Flynn who made three errors. The outfielders were slow and did not seem to be able to judge the ball. The score...