Word: shows
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...filled by men chosen from the candidates who do this work through the winter. There ought to be twice as many candidates as have answered the call so far. The number of places to be filled makes it absolutely necessary that all the good material in the University should show itself. It is unreasonable to suppose that there are only twenty-five men here who are physically able and who care enough about the matter to try for the crew. The great test now is physical strength; particular ability will show itself as the work goes on. Every...
...sheep's back to the ready-made suit inside of six months, as is often done in this country. This principle runs through the whole subject of high class clothes. In the second place, never affect the careless in dress. Literary men are often inclined to do this to show their disregard of conventionalities. Though one should never be a "clothes loving man," as Carlyle calls the "Dandy;" still you owe it to your friends and to your position in society to conform to the customs of refined society. True economy demands good clothes of quiet colors and patterns, unless...
...cheap one. The Ulster is perhaps the best garment to get cheap, as it is only worn nights or stormy days, or for travelling, and a good one can be bought ready-made if you do not mind looking like a car driver. The finest custom houses show you special patterns which are very swell, though perhaps not economical...
However, this is a very poor spirit for two schools such as these to show, though it should be said in defense of Exeter that the faculty and students were ignorant of Donovan's record. Whereas the case was probably different with Glynn...
...again in the fact that the sections were so large that the leaders could not make themselves heard. But even admitting this the men who could hear the leaders did not respond with any sort of heartiness. Only when Harvard made some remarkable play did anything like enthusiasm show itself. At the very time when the team needed encouragement, no encouragement was given. There seems, in fact, to be a mistaken idea of the purpose of cheering. It is popularly considered as simply a form of applause. This is a wrong impression-it is more than applause. The best cheering...