Word: suggestion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cannot play good enough ball to be admitted to the league. Come and see." Before the game, we had always supposed the Pennsylvanians could play good ball, but, as it afterwards proved, the only honorable thing about the assertion was its undeniable truth; and, in addition, we would suggest that a good course in English grammar might well be added to the curriculum of that university. Men with these placards fastened to the ends of long poles paraded the grounds, ringing bells and acting about as childishly as boys in their kindergartens might be expected to do. During the game...
About two weeks ago the committee of the M. C. C. (Marylebone Cricket Club) decided that "after the most careful consideration, they are not at present prepared to suggest any alteration in law xxiv of cricket." That means that for an indefinite time the body that governs the game in England and her colonies will allow the much-abused leg-before-wicket law to remain as it has been...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- Will you kindly give me space in your columns to suggest the needs of a descriptive pamphlet in the History Department, and the advantages that such a guide would be to those of us who take up History extensively...
...volunteered to telegraph the result of the voting each day during the fair to the CRIMSON. Dr. Knight states that subscriptions for votes may be sent to him at No. 41 East 12th St., or at the Harvard Club, No. 11 West 22nd St., New York. If anyone can suggest any plan for furthering Harvard's chances in the matter, the Editors of the CRIMSON will be happy to hear from...
...this lack of interest and competition seems to lie in the fact that the contests are held on Saturday afternoons. A large majority of men leave Cambridge on Saturday afternoon to spend Sunday with families or friends, and cannot attend the contests, either as spectators or competitors. We would suggest that the meetings be held on some evening in the middle of the week, when, undoubtedly, there would be a great increase in the interest and attendance. If, after the mid-years, this should be done, a large number of men would have both the time and the inclination...