Word: slim
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...last weekly meeting of the Freshman Debating Club until after the mid-year examinations was held last evening in Sever 11. The question debated was: "Resolved, That the products of prison labor should not be allowed to compete in the open market." The attendance was slim and the speaking rather disappointing. Each side failed to arrange its arguments in anything like methodical order and there was a deplorable absence of rebuttal. Perhaps the selection of a very uninteresting question was partly the cause for the poor showing made. The negative had clearly the better preparation and received the decision...
...northeastern part of France may be divided into three parts drained by the Seine, the Meuse and the Moselle respectively. The region drained by the Meuse is very narrow. The river itself is like the trimmed Lombardy poplars which grew along the roadsides in France, having a long slim trunk and few branches. Unlike the Meuse the Seine and the Moselle draw their waters from a wide area...
...fluorescence was given off which was of a light blueish-green color. This, Professor Trowbridge explained, was thought by some to be the cathode rays, but the point is still in doubt. No one knows what the rays are. In connection with this the lecturer took up a large slim beaker filled with kerosene, which is generally colorless, but when held near the lighted tube the kerosene was of a light blue color...
...class game between Ninety and Ninety-one yesterday called out an enthusiasm that was delightful to witness. The large and interested crowd that assembled was a marked contrast to the slim attendance which used to discourage class nines in former years. With such a general interest in baseball, as the attendance yesterday indicated, the university nine may look for hearty support, and base ball will take a decided stride in advance. It needs only a continuation of this spirit to give the nine encouragement that will carry it a long way toward victory. The loud and tireless cheering for good...