Word: whether
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...enforce, matters connected with the stroke, training and selection of members of the crew and general superintendence of the rowing matters in general. There has been too much relying on the present captain for all such matters during the past two or three years. but the question is whether it has been the captains' good opinion of themselves or the refusal of the graduates to help them...
...Survival of the Fittest" is rather an ill chosen title for a story told with a great deal of life and spirit. The sketch of a man with ambition but "without backbone" has a good deal that is interesting, though it may well be questioned whether "invertebrate" ambition may be properly called ambition...
...intellectual side of life. During his college course he usually looks mainly at the intellectual side. So a man in college naturally doubts. But there are other things in life than reason. Theology and religion are very different. Theology solves the problems, but religion is for one's life, whether a man live well or ill. Then give up the insolvable problems, no one can solve them. And if you have doubts, do not try to settle them yourself, turn to the authorities. If a man meets a difficulty he should try to solve it with...
...places is not over three miles distant. Middlesex Fells is a wide tract of woodland some distance beyond Tufts. Concord, Lexington and Walden can be easily reached on foot in a day, and a return be made in the afternoon by rail. All the roads are historical, and freshmen, whether engaged in athletics or not, can do no better than to make use of them...
...account of the anniversary celebration. Such things as baseball games have been known to be during October, but never until this year of grace has such absolute stagnation been seen in athletic matters. Besides the eleven, which we believe is working hard, although no one seems to care whether it does or not, and the freshmen baseball nine, there is nothing moving. "Nothing succeeds like success," it is said. We had better take for our motto, "Nothdefeats like defeat...