Word: among
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Cele mentioned the superstition still existing among the Zulus which requires the king when he is crowned to cut the throat of a tiger which has been caught alive by the naked hands of a certain number of young men, the idea being that the tiger's fierceness is transmitted to the king. It is the superstitions of this nature which must be dispelled before the race can make great progress towards civilization...
...Princeton game failed to produce any injuries of more than very minor significance among the regulars, and they will all be on hand for the hard work during the remainder of the week. The period preceding the Brown game is all that remains in which the coaches may hope to do any real developing of the eleven, and it is certain that the scrimmages will be gruelling, directed toward a general strengthening and speeding up. Today's practice, further more, should decide whether any changes will be made in the present line...
...Corporation at their last meeting announced the receipt of gifts amounting to $19,457.37, to be used for various purposes. Among the larger contributions are $3,000 for the improvements to the Fogg Art Museum and $4,200 for the Freshman dormitories...
...Harvard Club of Boston will be formally opened for inspection on Wednesday evening, November 12. President Lowell and President Eliot will be among those present and will speak briefly. Major Higginson '55, president of the club, will kindle a fire in one of the great fire-places and E. P. Dane '92 render selections on the organ. Luncheon will be served...
...lead honest, upright lives. It is situated on a tract of 800 acres, donated by the women of Salt Lake City, and is governed entirely by the boys themselves. They have their own bank and other institutions, while the laws are made and carried out by officers chosen from among them. There are, to be sure, teachers to carry on the work of instruction, but aside from the actual discharge of their duties in this regard, they have no control over matters pertaining to the "City...