Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Having passed through the terrors of war, we hopefully face the even more perilous times of reconstruction ahead. Reconstruction as well as charity begins at home. And where can we be better "reconstructed" in our ideas of the possibilities of the English language than by listening to Professor Copeland? May his readings continue until the "Letters from France" and the "Hero's Couch" are but memories of the distant past...
...summary of all the winter sport contests held since 1900 between the University and Yale, shows that Yale has a slight lead in the lesser contests such as basketball, swimming, and wrestling, but that the University is far ahead in hockey...
Yale has also had the advantage in swimming, winning both the dual meets in this branch of sport, and twice winning the open Intercollegiate Meet. At water polo, the University has only once opposed Yale but in that game she was successful. Yale has also come out ahead in the few dual wrestling meets that have been held, while in the Inter-collegiates in which both universities have competed Yale has every time amassed the greater score...
Nearly $70,000 was contributed in the Boston district yesterday to the University Endowment Fund as the result of the class canvass of the past three weeks. This brings the general fund to 71 per cent. of the required amount, and places Boston more than half a million dollars ahead of New York...
Boston's gain yesterday of $33,000 toward the Harvard Endowment Fund put the local district more than $400,000 ahead of New York. An especial effort will be made to reach those who have not yet contributed and those who are in a position to add to their subscriptions...