Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...upon the tennis players. The cost of keeping the tennis courts and nets in order is not such an overwhelming burden for the college to bear. And there is a very large number of men to whom the tax of ten to twenty cents a day is a serious one. If the college authorities wish to encourage general athletics, here is a chance to do so in a very effective way, at least as far as one branch of sport is concerned. It is a pretty hard case when a man has to be sure of having fifteen cents...
...Richards of Columbia met with a serious fall after one of his jumps, breaking his knee...
...Regulations, no overdue theme will be accepted unless the writer satisfies the secretary that his failure to present it at the appointed time was caused by serious illness or other unavoidable hindrance. Overdue themes, countersigned by the secretary, may be left at Grays 18. In no case must themes be put in the box in Sever 3 after the day on which they...
...danger. This trouble was caused by the men who stood up in front of the pilot house and made it impossible for the pilots to see where they were going. A little more forethought will make such cause of complaint unnecessary in the future. The other thing was more serious. The '90 boat, when it got the lead, steered into '89 water, and for over three-quarters of a mile gave the junior crew their swash. Whether this action was intentional on the part of the sophomore boat or not, it is to be reprehended, for it takes from...
...decision rests with them alone; plenty of time has been given for mature deliberation and that decision has not been reached. The petition was signed by men whose opinions should have weight with the faculty. The question at issue is not a trivial one: it is a very serious one and affects our baseball prospects in a very serious manner. Under these circumstances, we cannot help thinking that the petition should have been acted upon by this time. As it is, there will probably occur a succession of delays until it is too late for any action to take effect...