Word: think
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...must soon be torn down. The stands at present on Jarvis would make an excellent substitute and would probably last as long as the field can be devoted to athletics. With Soldiers Field, the conditions are different. There grandstands of the first order ought to be erected. We think that much better ones even than those on Jarvis are needed. There will be the great athletic field in the future and the event of its ever being used for other than athletic purposes is too distant to be taken into account. There is an excellent chance for some friend...
...amount of the paid subscriptions to the Frank Bolles Memorial Fund to date is $802.75. At first glance this sum seems rather disappointing, yet it represents a much larger number of subscriptions than one would naturally think. Many men who have not been able to give much have given what they could to show their interest in the Fund. No contribution is too small to be of service. The Fund will not be handed to the University authorities till June and subscriptions of any amount will be welcome at any time...
...said: One of the first things we notice in talking with a well educated man is the extreme care with which he chooses his words. We are accustomed in ordinary conversation to put things in much stronger language than there is any occasion for. When we stop to think of what we have said we often find that we are not entirely sincere...
Many of the prayers and hymns of the Episcopal Church are in words that convey the deepest meaning that is in the power of language, and if we consider carefully what we say we think it is not possible that we should be sincere. If we cannot be, it is more than useless to repeat these prayers and phrases that are only so many empty words. It hurts ourselves and it hurts the Church. We can bring ourselves, however, to say these prayers and to mean them by comparing our own very imperfect lives with the life of Christ...
...address which followed was admirable. It is hard to think of any respect in which it could have been more thoroughly satisfactory. The enthusiastic applause with which it was received showed that this was the common feeling of the whole large audience, a large part of whom were college students. The faculty, however, were well represented on the platform, where were also Miss Terry and several other members of the company...