Word: attendant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...four years on which he is about to embark than the youth in a similar position twenty or thirty years ago. Preparatory schools have assumed a somewhat more collegiate atmosphere, scholarship is on a high plane and college athletic contests, which most men planning to enter college attend, offer a chance to see a bit of college life at first hand, although we must admit it is a rather small part and one which may lead to a serious misconception...
...tutoring industry around the college has now reached the stage where students in a large lecture course are swamped with offers of assistance. If he feels the need of professional advice he is sometimes forced to choose between different seminars conducted by rival sophists; and if he tries to attend them all he will have trouble in finding time to look over his notes on the subject...
...should miss no facets of the sparkle of days before the War. The entire building of the Opera House was last week in readiness for dancers, whom five famed orchestras, no less, were to serve. With faith in her charms, Vienna invited the wealth and beauty of Europe to attend...
...ability, but it does seem to be evidence of an unhealthy attitude on the part of the American public. An interest in athletics is natural and desirable but when commercialized to the present extent it loses something fundamental. Cities and towns maintain representative athletic teams for advertising purposes, spectators attend to wager on the outcome and players play for material gain. Sport has ceased to be sport; it has become an industry, with managers, capitalists, publicity agents, official publications and all the other features of any big business enterprise...
Although the lectures are intended primarily for graduates, a limited number of members of the Senior class will be admitted on application. Since definite arrangements cannot be made until the number desiring to attend such talks is known, registration is invited at the earliest possible date...