Word: whole
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...reached by a gradual upward growth of the substratum, as well as by subsidence from a higher altitude. In either case the present theory is that it is an independent growth. However, more than anything else the results of my trip have been to make me realize that the whole theory of coral formation is still very uncertain. A few interesting discoveries about the Fijis have shown that the very old theory that atolls are coral growths on the rims of sunken extinct craters, for which Darwin and Dana expressed great contempt, was not entirely groundless but in some cases...
...practice as a whole was vigorous, and though short served to give the men enough work for a good warming...
...felt that taking Sophomore debating as a whole the centralizing of class interest in one organization will prove beneficial, since the absence of faculty instruction in that class makes it possible to keep such an organization on an effective footing. Moreover it seems that with a Sophomore club representative of the best talent in the class, contests with equally representative Freshman teams will arouse greater interest, be more hotly contested, and thus raise the standard. Thus plainly the provision is in favor of the existing class clubs...
...speaking was, on the whole, very creditable and showed careful preparation. The main fault consisted in a tendency to make unauthorized statements. From the ten men selected at the first trial March 14, the judges, W. E. Hutton 3L and W. E. Weaver '98, chose H. W. Bowker, L. M. Dougan, J. G. Peirce, and J. C. Mangan (alternate...
...abandonment of the plan to organize the class crew substitutes into four-oared crews and to maintain them in connection with the class crews is, on the whole, for the benefit of the men who would be in the fours. The coaches would have been forced to neglect them for the eights which are, of course, of the first importance, while now by joining their respective Weld crews, they can get plenty of coaching and at the same time raise the standard of those crews...