Word: tending
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...corresponding figure of last year, a loss of 37 in the College and of 19 in the Scientific School being more than offset by the remarkable gain of 83 in the Graduate School. It should be borne in mind that technical questions of registration and classification in these departments tend to obscure the significance of the variations which appear from year to year in their separate enrolment figures. The Freshman class in the College has failed to reach its remarkable figure of last year which showed a gain of 57 over the year 1901-02, but is already nine ahead...
...their throwing is in general accurate. The outfielders, who are slow in starting and poor in judging fly balls, have made little improvement up to the present time. The battery candidates show promise of fair ability. In batting, all the men, through over-anxiety, exercise very poor judgment and tend to strike often at wide balls...
...with the exception of the Freshmen, is better in both quantify and quality. The Seniors are inaccurate in shooting and pass poorly, but have developed good team work land a fairly strong defence. The Juniors are strongest in attack and play well together, but the men on the defence tend to overrun their opponents. The Sophomores have a weak attack with a tendency to mass together. Their defence is fairly strong, but is easily drawn out. The Freshmen are still very poor in stick work and have developed little team play. They are, with a few exceptions, small and light...
...team the men now play well together. They tend, however, to overrun and fumble the ball in many critical moments. Against a team which relies on passing and smooth teamwork, as does the Cornell five, this tendency to ragged play is a severe handicap...
...Bulletin which appears today prints in full President Eliot's address before the Newsboys' Union, delivered in Boston last Sunday evening. He set forth in a comprehensive way the qualities that tend most to make a successful life, and emphasized the idea that hard work is the greatest of all promoters of human happiness...