Word: selective
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...championship series begin. The candidates have been working hard all winter, and a decided improvement has been shown in the batting over that of last year. Nichols and Allen, and Winslow and Crocker have been playing together and both "batteries" are working well. It is rather early to select the nine, but it will probably be the same as that of last year. Smith has shown great improvement in the "cage" in his batting and will probably play first base. Second base is still open, as Coolidge will not return. Phillips, '86, has been playing steadily and is a promising...
...good sense in college students generally to dissociate good instruction from faults of character. The trainer seldom influences the student beyond the purpose of his training. The young man does not make a companion of his trainer, nor trust his morals to his direction. A remedy would be to select an amateur athlete from the graduates, educated as a physician, and give him a salaried office, with duties as general adviser and guardian of the athletic interests. Such a man, if properly qualified, would help the students to a safer and better physical development than they now get, and would...
...settled that the Phi Beta Kappa will be revived among the students at New Haven. One of the professors, an old member, will initiate some of the seniors, and they will select men from the junior class. Only those who have taken a "philosophical" or high oration are eligible for membership...
Before the Union adjourned a business meeting was held, and these officers were elected for the remainder of this college year: President, C. R. Saunders, '84; vice-president, W. A. Halbert, '85; secretary, E. T. Sanford, '85; treasurer, J. M. Merriam, '86. The last business was to select a question for the next debate, which will be, "Resolved, that the United States government ought to place greater restrictions upon immigration...
...take but one course in each "branch of knowledge." If this be so, it seems to argue that the college only affords the one course, in each "branch," that is of any value, and that the seeker after a "broad education" is always fortunate enough to know how to select this course. It is surely encouraging to find that one can learn all that the college can teach, without studying the numerous courses that she offers...