Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...ENGLAND MAGAZINE.Robert Beverley Hale, '91, has a very entertaining flirtation tale in the New England entitled 'Fools Who Came to Scoff.' It is not a new story nor a wonderful story, but it is interesting and pleasing. Another of the Columbus articles, with which the magazines seem to abound just now, is the work of Isaac Bassett Choate; and allied with it in a way is 'The Whereabouts of Vinland' by L. G. Power. There are also very fully illustrated articles on 'The Republic of Venezuela' and 'The City of Denver.' The verse of the number is by Madison Cawein...
Yale's sixth inning yielded no better results than any of the others. They could not seem to get a ball out of the diamond. Jackson and Kedzie were unable to hit even that much, and both went out on three strikes. Murphy managed to hit out a fly, which Hovey easily captured. Harvard came near scoring in her half of the inning. Dickinson got a pretty single to right field, and a moment later took second on a passed ball. Trafford hit a hot ball to the infield, but took first as Jackson dropped the throw. Dickinson took third...
...often said that the tendency of a Harvard education is to make men believers in Free Trade. This does not seem true. Of the 1619 students graduating in the years 1885-92, 1430 expressed party preference, 49.8 per cent. were Republican 25.5 Democratic and 24.7 per cent. independent. Of 153 graduates of Harvard, who have held high office in State or National Government, 114 may fairly be classed as believers in the principles of the Republican party, and 39 in those of the Democrats...
...feature of college life, may be of interest. The first game between Harvard and Yale was played on neutral ground in the year 1868. Reference to the scores given below will show how imperfect the game was at the time of this first game. The scores which today would seem large were at the time nothing unusual, were, in fact, the rule rather than the exception. We give below the dates, places and scores of all games between the two colleges from 1868 till today, with the names of the winning teams...
...point in the new regulations, however, it seem to us that the change has gone a little too far. In the desire to give those who are at club tables the privilege of keeping the tables next year, the number of old members needed to reengage the table has been...