Word: americanize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There has just been exhibited a traveling show given by the American Society of Landscape Architects, placing on view large photographs of estates and gardens. In the near future there will be exhibits from various schools and colleges...
...long workout yesterday opened with a scrimmage between teams A and B. Play was ragged for the most part and no scoring was allowed. H. R. Hardwick '15, former Harvard and All-American end, then gave the squad a talk on tackling and blocking. The discontent of the coaches with this department of play was revealed by the fact that all men were next sent through a still 30-minute session tackling the dummies. Individual work with the various coaches was next on the program. The teams ran through signals until after darkness had settled to conclude the gruelling practice
...early part of the afternoon the team went through a blacking and tackling practice, as Coach Cannell is still a little dubious about the powers of his eleven in this line. In the meantime the Gray team, under the supervision of Swede Young storm, a former Dartmouth All-American, was concentrating on various Harvard forward and lateral pass plays...
...Ramsay MacDonald's recent visit to this country was made with a view toward discussion frankly and openly the points at issue with regard to an Anglo-American understanding," he continued. "Agreement in principle between England and America is merely prerequisite to a larger international understanding, and no international naval disarmament could be successful until the differences between the United States and Great Britain had been smoothed...
...present method of carrying it out is of dubious merit. Formulated by men of democratic principles, the present system is an example of democracy carried too far. Proceeding on the assumption that all men are created equal, and should therefore receive equal doses of education, the founders of American public schools are necessarily constrained to keep scholastic standards down to the level of the lowly, but unfortunately ample, ranks of the barren-witted. And as a result, those students whose mental capacity is greater are virtually invited to coast through their school years on their inherent superiority...