Word: selects
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Assignments for the first round of the annual fall chess tournament, to select the team to play against Yale, were sent out last night. The candidates have been divided into four upperclass sections of six men each, and two Freshman sections of six men each. The matches will begin today, and last until October 30. Four more men will join the second round, which will last until November...
...some interest, and of those in whose power many appointments rest. It is much easier to sit passively by and agree or criticize than it is to undertake the responsibility of making decisions, and lay onesself open to criticism; it is also much easier for those in authority to select men who have proved their ability in some other way, than to give the time necessary to select from untried material. With a more general willingness to undertake seemingly thankless tasks, and a wider distribution of these tasks, we believe that our activities will gain the benefits of active participation...
...order to assure its success, every man who is entitled to vote should make an effort to be present. The new plan is the outcome of a feeling that the choice of managers should be based upon a uniform system rather than that the authorities in each sport should select new assistants with no check except the nominal requirement of approval by the Athletic Committee. The voters cannot all be expected to know the candidates personally, nor are they always fitted to judge of the executive ability of the men proposed. They should not, however, feel that this excuses them...
...competitions held yesterday afternoon to select two more men to represent the University in the field events in the dual track meet at New Haven on Saturday, H. M. Gilmore '08 and P. C. Haskell '08 were chosen for the hammer-throw and board jump respectively. Gilmore threw the hammer 126 ft., 5 in., and Haskell jumped...
That some changes will be made in the near future is a certainty. There are several first-rate men on the University rowing squad that have not yet been tried in the first boat, and these changes would have been made before, had it not been necessary to select eight men and train them to row together before the contest with Columbia...