Word: yet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Professor Hollis spoke next on "Life in Modern Naval Vessels." Many believe that since steam has superseded sail "jack tar" has lost his peculiar characteristics. Not so. The sailor gets his character from the salt sea. He is a growler, yet when he must he does his work cheerfully. He despises the marine as a landlubber. He is a creature of tradition and fond of queer pets...
President Eliot spoke in part as follows: War for the private soldier or sailor is at best a dull, coarse, squalid business It can not have any attraction for you, and yet the question-Shall I volunteer?- may become a pressing one within a few weeks or months. I shall discuss that question from the student's point of view...
...today. Matches will be the best two out of three advantage sets. Men should post their scores on the card at the Carey Building as soon as they have finished. The entries for doubles will be kept open until Tuesday at 6 p. m. All men who have not yet paid entrance fee should do so at once...
...These criticisms are all interesting and full of care and precision in composition and in style. But in this respect they suffer from a fault which mars many a Monthly contribution. They are more careful than anything else. They are not surprising, original or absorbing in subject matter, nor yet interesting for any novelty of treatment. They read as if they had been turned out for the English department to begin with, and afterwards much revised with a view to publication. One is inclined to wonder why they were published, unless as models of painstaking composition. If this...
...four crews which are now in training show a very considerable improvement over those of last year. The senior crew in particular has shown itself capable of very fast work. They are not yet as well together as they might be, but individually they are a strong, fairly experienced lot of oarsmen...