Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first place, the results of the examination revealed in general a surprisingly healthy body of men. Very few serious ailments were discovered, and the majority of men examined were in unusually good physical condition. This would seem to refute the notion that college men are declining physically...
While the rules printed in the "Sun" are probably hallowed with age, we cannot but be glad that no such tradition has ever gained headway here. Without the tradition behind us, our outlook is doubtless different from Cornell's. Yet it does seem more humane not to forbid the vantage points at the Shubert to the entire Freshman class...
...events have just occurred which in conjunction seem significant. One is the adoption by Yale of the Harvard system of entrance examinations begun here four years ago. The other is the offering of a scholarship trophy by Phi Beta Kappa to the preparatory school with the best record of examination entrants...
...students, whether members of the Union or not, seem to appreciate the value of the Union Library, at least one department of the Union which is beyond reproach. Competent judges have pronounced it the best selected collection of books for the young reader of taste to be found in the country...
...that these two libraries are so little used? Hardly more than one hundred of the members of the Union enter the library in a day; and many of these seem to think themselves privileged to mutilate or purloin the books. Less than fifty men use the Warren House Library per day. Both could accommodate many more...