Word: sure
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...commend it heartily. The personal application to all men who can possibly be of any use is a step in the right direction. Even if they can not become point winners now, some will do so in the course of time, and at all events the labor is sure to bear fruit sooner or later, provided only that it is consistently carried...
...FACT that for $3.00 you can get a first-class looking and wearing shoe at Newman's; for $4.00 a very nice tan, black, enamel or patent leather. Give us a trial. Be sure you see the name on the window...
...rapid stride for the better, in their team play. Dibblee worked hard but failed to show up as creditably as he has in the previous games this year. On round the end plays, which have been his strong point, he was by no means a sure gainer, but in no single instance did the interference get well together. In this particular, Haughton especially seemed to run aimlessly, and to have no settled idea as to the play and where he should be. In his kicking, he showed up promisingly. His punts, with the wind favoring, were not only long...
...have a body available for the uses of life. This is not indispensable but it is a good sound sign of a promising career. The power of strenuous application, of assiduous mental labor, I count the next in importance. The man who is fresh while others are tired, is sure to win an advantage in the competition of the world. Another mental trait which University life ought always to develop is independent thinking. Let a man think about the thoughts of wiser men but let him think for himself. Such a man will be self-regulating-quiet but strong-minded...
...past. We are satisfied with too little from our teams. Our attitude has been too often that of your editorial, when you say of the crew: "All that we have a right to expect of it is for it to make a reasonably good, creditable showing." To be sure, we do want this; but we want more. We have a right to expect, and we do expect, that they will...