Word: well
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...called Olympic games in Greece next spring will undoubtedly, if well conducted, advance the already growing interest in international athletics. So far as it may prove feasible for the larger American colleges to be represented at the meeting they will be able to take an active interest in its outcome. We believe, however, that the representation will have to be confined very largely to graduates who will probably be connected with amateur athletic clubs. The time of year is such as to allow very few, if any, men away from college duties...
...music throughout the service was excellently rendered. Garret's Harvest Cantata were sung, and a tenor solo, "Be thou faithful unto death," from Mendelssohn's St. Paul. E. M. Waterhouse '97 sang the latter especially well...
...Wolffe and Co. have issued a pretty little volume in conjunction with John Lane of London. It is called "The Viol of Love," a collection of poems by Charles Newton-Robinson. The poems are symbolistic and vaguely remind one of Verlaine. Several translations and paraphrases of Horace are extremely well done...
...competitive instincts seek an intellectual field for their exercise. Though the ultimate aim of such prizes must be to stimulate an active interest in the various lines of study, yet the distinction of winning a prize is in itself a perfectly commendable incentive to intellectual effort. It would be well if we had more prize competitions than we do. If that were the case, and the standards were kept high, the problem of securing more general recognition to scholarly attainment, which the Corporation has put before the Faculty, would be much nearer to solution. There would be no necessity...
Football for next year has been given the right start in the early selection of a head coach. Though Mr. Deland's generous services to the eleven in this and past years are too well recognized to need any endorsement. his reappointment shows the appreciation in which his ability is held...