Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...intellectual contest has made debating unfashionable. These, who are the very ones to be persuaded, may possibly be won by the formation of new debating societies, or by some ingeniously contrived rewards of a speedy and obvious sort, but scarcely by the suggestion that they might in the uncertain future become efficient leaders of public opinion...
...classes with a bonfire and informal speaking on Soldiers Field. The time for the celebration has not yet been definitely decided, but it will probably be on November 19. November 29 will be the exact anniversary of the christening of John Harvard, but the date of his birth is uncertain...
...still impossible to pick even the probable 11 men who will play against Yale. Kennard and Macdonald, both of whom played in the Yale game last year, seem to be the leading candidates for end, with M. C. Peirce and Bird the first substitutes. The tackle positions are very uncertain. There is some talk of shifting W. Peirce to guard, to fill the place left vacant by Kersburg. In that case the best men for tackle would be Inches, Robinson, Hoar or H. C. Blanchard. Burr will undoubtedly fill his former position of left guard; and barring Peirce, the most...
...passed by several of the field, Haskins of Pennsylvania winning, with Coe of Michigan and French of Cornell close behind. The fourth heat went to Ramey of Michigan, with Baker of Swarthmore second and Chandler of Cornell third. The outcome of the final race today is made extremely uncertain by the inconsistencies of Parsons, and by the fact that Lewis of Cornell, Coe of Michigan, and Haskins of Pennsylvania may start in the mile before running in the finals of the half...
...outcome of the race is as yet very uncertain, as the University crew has been considerably set back during the entire season by poor weather and sickness. At present Faulkner and Fish are the only men occupying the same positions which they held in the Columbia race. Glass has been out for a week with the mumps and will not recover in time for the Cornell race. Fish and Lovering have both been out of the boat for several days and the crew has been on the whole in a very unsettled condition. Tappan, who stroked the crew against Columbia...