Word: begun
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...built as an experiment. The democracy of the project sounded good to a college accused of snobbishness, and for years now this fanciful democratic spirit has hypnotized the minds of men who should have seen and known. The Union has not attained the goal for which it was begun; the Union is a failure; and in order to revive the dying institution, compulsory membership is urged...
...dormitory singing in the Common Rooms of the three halls will begin this evening at 7 o'clock. The plan to be followed this year in the interdormitory singing competition will be similar to that used last year. In addition to the regular Freshman Glee Club, which has already begun work under the supervision of Dr. A. T. Davison '06, three clubs will be organized tonight, to be under the leadership of the three men appointed from their respective dormitories...
...research and with its new apparatus is especially adapted for electrical experiments. Plans are now under way for the construction of a storage battery of 100,000 volts. The jars have been purchased, and bids have been received for the other materials, but the actual construction has not yet begun...
...been found that hockey receives the greatest attention. For many years there have been keen contests between the Canadian colleges in this sport, and their proficiency has been seen by those American universities which have begun in recent years to compete with them. They also have contests in snowshoeing,--long cross-country walks which try the endurance of a man more than any other sport. This is the easiest of the three winter sports to learn, but it requires more hardihood and more endurance than either of the others...
...whole, then, it can be said that during the past ten years the American universities of the north have begun to see the advantages, the excitement, and the fun in these sports, and to realize that they make for endurance and skill, and have given them a greater and greater place among their athletics