Word: tells
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Graduates' Magazine for December deplores the undergraduate's ignorance of the "venerable associations" which cluster around the University. "How many of the students" he asks, "know when Hollis and Stoughton, and Holworthy were built, or what the men did for whom they were named? . . . How many can tell, off-hand, where John Harvard died? Do they ever realize that British troops were quartered in Massachusetts and Harvard, that Washington probably visited those buildings many times, that Lafayette was received by President Kirkland on the steps of University? . . . Certainly much interest and charm, and much stimulus to high thought and noble...
...come into the closest relations, men have been chosen who are well liked and have the confidence of the students. Whether we will ever be able to realize the idea of a university where students and professors shall work together and for a common end, it is hard to tell. For what has already been accomplished, however, we are thankful...
...contained startling accounts of Yale's strength, while by reason of the strict secrecy to which all the Harvard players have been bound, no rumors of wonderful plays, such as were current last year, have been heard. And so already a few of the fainter hearted have begun to tell their friends confidentially that Harvard has not a ghost of a chance...
...different character from these debates, is the challenge received by the Union from the debating societies at Princeton. No one can tell whether such a debate will be held. H. E. Addison '96 C. E. Bryan '96 and W. H. Sheldon '95 have been appointed a committee to conduct negotiations. There are numerous questions which would have to be settled, as whether the debate would be conducted in the Harvard way of having three long speeches and one short rebuttal, or in the Princeton way of having each speaker have two chances...
...Miller finally went through Duff and Merriman for the first touchdown, from which Pierce kicked the goal. In the second half there were several punts and considerable fumbling. Most of the gains were made between guard and tackle, and the light weight of the ninety-six team began to tell on the men. Very few end runs were attempted and most of the plays were confined to rushes against the opposing centre. Hitch scored the second touchdown, rushing between Warren and Dibblee. Pierce again kicked the goal...