Word: seems
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...broadening and strengthening of secondary athletics often consider merely the spring and fall sports. The advantages of more general participation during these seasons are so obvious that the discussion is now aimed almost entirely toward discovering the best means of promoting these scrub contests. The winter sports, however, seem to have been somewhat neglected...
...turn to the drawing, the cover is a very excellent design, somewhat of the style of Maxfield Parrish, as it seems to us, but its coloring is a failure; the green is too poisonous, deadly so when laid in the purple. The rest of the drawing is mediocre. Perhaps the best of the illustrations is that to "Passing his Exam" (p. 209), which has considerable character and life. One cannot, to be sure, look for expert illustrative work in a college paper. But it would seem that, with some study and imitation of good models, far better results might...
...attention of men who intend to compete for the Bowdoin prizes is called to the recent vote of the Faculty of Arts and Science, "That all committees on prizes shall report not only the essays for which prizes are awarded, but also those essays which seem to be worthy of distinction; and all essays reported shall be considered in the award of scholarships and the granting of degrees with distinction...
...seem to be developing a new sense of the nature and characteristics of the communal obligation and the limitation of the rights of the individual as a citizen, and the animating spirit of our evolution is profoundly fraternal. It is not sufficient to deplore the corruption of political life and then to shrink from the consideration of remedies
...club, debates, the important event in intra-University debating is the Pasteur Medal debate tonight between teams picked in open competition. This department of debating has been so often reorganized that any now move must be regarded as an experiment. To the uninitiated the various changes in recent years seem to be steps backward, in as far as they tend to reduce the number of men who take part in public debates. If, however, the more informal discussion groups attract more men, they will partially accomplish their purpose, and may lead to a stronger system...