Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...accept the proviso that opportunity should be left for the election of men to the Society on the basis of final honors, for these are, as well as marks, definite indications of scholarship. For the rest, however, we hold that only cases of dishonesty should prevent the choice of men in order of their standing...
...close of their college course, many men wait a year before entering a graduate school or a permanent profession. They spend this interval by teaching in some preparatory school or by travelling. If a man should accept a position in the Far East he would not only do the teaching he desired but he would also see that interesting portion of the world. He would return with a far broader mind and much more experience than the average teacher at his age, and he would be more cognizant of the world's affairs than the average globe trotter. This whole...
...York or Boston, and on the strength of discovering a Phi Beta Kappa key or two in pawn, writes an article to show that leaders in the scholastic world are generally failures in life. Probably no fallacy has more credence and less truth than this. Many undergraduates accept it as a fact because it consoles them in the belief that their mediocrity in college will, in some miraculous way, be converted into excellence in their professions...
...unscrupulous politicians engaged in that practice, saves the life of the warden of the penitentiary in an attempted escape of several convicts. Durgan is pardoned and goes west with his mother to start life over again. There he becomes a successful business man, and is called upon to accept the nomination for mayor of the town. At the proper moment, the local boss confronts Durgan with the facts of his past life, and threatens to publish them, unless Durgan agrees to veto a bill for a new water works, one of the chief issues of the campaign. Durgan, of course...
...success of the plan before personal interests and go at a disadvantage of ourselves for the advantage of the crowd. There are many who cannot go except at the quoted rates, and it is the duty of every man who intends to go to sign the books and accept the schedule as planned in order that the majority may be able to enjoy the opportunity. Last year Princeton sent up a large contingent, and we should consider it our duty not only to do as much and better, but to give our team the best backing it has ever...