Word: tone
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been the custom at Yale and Princeton to have a competent referee during all practice, and for both sides to take every advantage they can. This has never been done here, and many of us have pointed with pride to the contrast, as showing the more gentlemanly tone of Harvard athletics. But we really lose much by this way of practicing, and ought to give it up. Habit is a strong master, and the intense excitement of an important match makes it all the more important that all the conditions of daily practice should be made as exactly as possible...
...candidates to present themselves tonight at the trial for new members. The officers of the association are especially anxious that all '88 men who can sing should attend. When it is remembered that the candidates are not required to sing an elaborate solo but are selected for the tone of their voice, their ability to read music rapidly, their attention to the time, etc., no one should despair for fear of success. The newly elected officers are determined to do their best to make the coming year one of great success for the club, and their efforts should...
...absence of manual work in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale is criticised as it gives, says the report, a theoretical tone in the instruction. Of the department of Practical Science at Brown University, he observes that "hitherto it has been chiefly distinguished for its thorough training in chemical science, as applied to the industrial arts, the effects of which have been largely felt and appreciated in the industries of the district, namely, bleaching, calico printing and papermaking...
...Friday, May 6, after Yale had won another game, that against Amherst. Much the same conduct was alleged to have been exhibited at that game, but outside and inside of college the performance of the men accused was so condemnatory that the News was compelled to change its editorial tone. The sentiments expressed in this latter are much more worthy of a great college anxious to see justice and fair play...
...medicine, science, or even a practical business career. The study of the classics provided it be not carried to far, gives an undoubted finish to a man's education that no other studies can impart. For mathematics, the foundation of a practical education fails in polishing the intellectual tone of the mind. Too much time and care cannot be spent by the youngest class in college in selecting and following one of the two chief branches of learning...