Word: americanism
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...result of the meeting was to broaden the terms under which the international matches will hereafter take place. The title of the trophy will rest in a board of trustees, consisting of eight members, four to be selected from the alumni of American colleges and four from the alumni of Oxford and Cambridge, to be elected annually. This board will have entire control of the management of the matches and will have power to select the players
...what respect, and to what extent, have combinations among American railways limited or modified the influence of competition...
...something out of Harvard athletics except thrashings. The time has come for the undergraduates, not the few but the many, to get some good out of athletics. Sports should be more generally pursued for the good they can give, for the exercise, the physical development. The great mass of American collegians get nothing out of athletics. They exist for the few; for the Jews and not for the Gentiles. Is not the motto, the greatest good for the greatest number, as applicable to collegians as to the general public? A hundred men or so are engaged in the various sports...
...Chicago has offered four prizes for essays on economic subjects, to be awarded in 1907. A first prize of $1000, and a second prize of $500 are offered for the best essay presented by Class A, composed of all persons who have received the bachelor's degree from an American college since 1895. A first prize of $300, and a second prize of $150 are offered for the best essays presented by Class B, composed of persons who, at the time the papers are submitted, are undergraduates of any American college. No one in Class A may compete in Class...
...subject of the essay for 1906-07 is "The Relation of the Municipality to the Water Supply." Those entering the competition are expected to treat of a number of subdivisions, which, with particulars, can be obtained from C. R. Woodruff, secretary, 705 North American Building, Philadelphia...