Word: skillful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Carnochan, '85, 131 lbs., formerly champion feather-weight of the college, and C. N. B. Wheeler, '86, 139 1-2 lbs., were the other two entries in the light-weight. Again weight and brute force was superior to skill. Wheeler, who was the stronger and heavier, gaining two straight falls. Carnochan eluded one fall by making a bridge, but wheeler soon after got a neck hold and hip lock, by which he brought his man flat upon his back. Time, 3m. 30s. The second fall was obtained by Wheeler at the end of 30 seconds. He was very quick about...
...among his fellow men, have decided to organize a mock Congress. This congress is to be composed, of course, of two houses, but the number of members is to be limited. The plan at present is to have the senate composed of eighteen members, chosen for their ability and skill in debate, while the remainder of the congress, about forty men, will make of themselves a House of Representatives. The sessions are to be conducted under the rules of Congress, and consequently very good training and practice in parliamentary business will be acquired by the members. Such an organization...
...Physical science-Physics, a course of at least 60 experiments, in addition to those of the elementary physics eight (two), selected from the same or similar laboratory manuals, and covering the same subjects, but demanding more skill and more knowledge of physical theories and laws...
...conference between faculty and students, scholarship as well as athletic skill, and literary ability should be represented. Let, therefore, those men who have led their respective classes the preceding year have places on the committee. In this way not only would scholarship be represented, but the services of men of marked ability would be secured; for if any one will take the trouble to glance over the list of those who have led their classes during past years, he will find the names of some of the finest men who have ever been graduated from an institution of learning...
...much for the plan in detail. There may be objections to it, but there are many evident advantages. In the first place that which is of prime importance, it would give a representative body of students, comprising as it would much of the athletic skill, the literary ability, and the scholarship of the college. The students would, directly or indirectly, take part in the election of nearly all the delegates. Secondly, the classes would be represented according to their seniority; for the offices of the athletic organizations and the positions on the several papers are mostly held by upper-class...