Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recitals suggests that an effort be made to induce Mr. Locke to give an organ recital in Appleton Chapel. An entertainment of this kind would certainly prove a pleasurable event to the college public, and would be a source of gratification to all who have appreciated Mr. Locke's skill and success as a musician...
...comparing the records made at the last Oxford-Cambridge athletic meeting with the records of our last inter-collegiate meeting we notice that in but one event was our record the better. Not flattering to American collegiate skill and muscle. - [Record...
Further on I find a lament that so "few at the present day are the votaries of Grecian literature! Time was when "A man was frequently recommended by his skill in the aorists, or his profundity in the particles. But, now, we are stigmatized as unintelligible and pedantic, if we dare to introduce in conversation a Greek quotation, however rich in Attick aspiration, or Ionian melody...
...lived, due, undoubtedly, to the overexertion undergone in races of this length. While no boating men would listen to the proposal of an important race of two miles, it seems that a compromise might be made, and the distance of three miles be adopted for the standard course. The skill and ability of a crew could certainly be tested in rowing that distance, and the most injurious effects of a race, which are, perhaps, due to the severe exertion of that last mile, when all the muscles are wearied, might be avoided...
...Harvard Athletic Association last Saturday, a larger crowd assembled in the gymnasium to witness the sports than has been seen there at any previous exhibition. The fair sex was well represented, nearly one-third of the audience being composed of ladies, who showed their appreciation of the skill and agility of the participants in the games, by frequent and hearty applause. Much credit is due to Mr. Wendell for his excellent management, and to the judges for their justice and impartiality in all decisions...