Word: whole
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Taken as a whole it seems better calculated to pick the best men with fairness and accuracy than the old method. Under the system which has heretofore been the general rule, it is extremely hard for the judges to select the best four out of a large number of five minute speakers. Then again a five minute speech in offering little opportunity for rebuttal does not furnish a true criterion of argumentative power. By providing for more than one preliminary trial if the number of contestants is large, the new regulations insure adequate trial to every promising debater...
...whole the playing was sharp and clean although the batting possibly was not quite what it should have been. On third, Bergen made one good stop, and at second Fincke, for the Freshmen, covered his territory in good style. Robinson at third also handled the ball well, besides getting two of the Freshmen's three hits. For their first real game of the season, even though in practice, the Freshmen may be said to have shown excellent form. Their fielding was clean and sure and they batted remarkably well for a Freshman team at this time of year. Several long...
...match has been played in the second round of the Newton indoor tennis tournament, and this match and the whole of the third round will be played today, bringing the tournament down to the semi-finals...
Though the number of speakers was small the trial as a whole was encouraging. There was a marked attempt at rebuttal work and the majority of the speakers confined themselves to one or two points instead of endeavoring to cover the whole field in a five minute speech...
...whole 'Varsity baseball squad practiced on Holmes Field yesterday afternoon for the first time this season. The diamond had been well rolled, and as a result was in splendid condition for this time of year...