Word: statement
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...captains. But it also transpired that the last two runs of the Lowells were made after five, and therefore, according to the strict letter of the agreement, - which the Lowells, before this point was discovered, were vehemently insisting on, since they were one ahead, while from their own statement they would not have stopped had they been behind, - the game should have been thrown back on to the seventh inning or forfeited to us, as our men were willing and anxious to go on. The umpire, however, not seeming to understand all the features of the case, gave the game...
...Albans send so few students to college, the Montpelierian says: "We venture to say that the number could be counted on the fingers of one's hands, and then there would be enough left so he could eat in an emergency." If the Niagara Index should see this statement, it would try to prove that higher education tends to cannibalism as well as suicide. The Montpelierian gives the following charming picture: "Our campus, out of study hours, is covered with base-ball players and croquet matches, and our reverend Professors even join in the exercise...
Drury was founded in 1873, on the principles of co-education. From it we gather the interesting statement that "young gentlemen can take their meals at the Ladies' Boarding Hall at $2.50 a week," and the general regulation that "gentlemen shall not visit the rooms of the lady students, nor ladies the rooms of the gentleman students." Care has been taken that young ladies and gentlemen shall not quarrel, for we read that "scuffling, noisy sports, and disorderly company" (whatever that may be) are at all times strictly prohibited. Drury is even ahead of Dartmouth in the way of reforming...
...boat-builder's bills alone were nearly $2,000. Since then many changes have been made, greatly to the interest of the club, noticeable among them being the transfer of the boat-house property. At this time the management takes perhaps a justifiable pride in presenting the following statement, showing the club...
...committee laid the proposed compromise before the several bodies they represented, there arose questions of what was understood and what was implied, which left the exact result of the compromise a matter of considerable doubt. One of the societies, not to commit itself blindly, presented a plain statement of the manner in which they interpreted the intended working of the settlement, and made their acceptance of the terms depend upon the condition that assurances should be given that the rest of the class would do nothing to prevent the result they expected from being reached. This mode of procedure...