Word: behind
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...examination proctor is that he sees without being seen, hears without being heard, and announces the passing nour without causing panic. If he thrusts himself too much in the public eye, he distracts the attention of those occupied with more serious affairs; if he retires too completely behind a pillar he tails to gather the information necessary for his theoretical report on "Some irregular methods of tilling blue books." It has been will said that the successful proctor approaches more nearly to the Golden Mean than any other College official...
...Mitchell has once again revised his batting order so that it now reads as it did for most of the earlier season encounters. B. H. Bassett '31, diminutive Sophomore, will resume his centre field and lead-off position while J. D. Dudley '31 will replace S. L. Batchelder '31 behind the bat. Dudley's work during the contests earlier in the spring was of high calibre, giving him a batting average of .280, the fifth best on the team, and the reasons for Coach Mitchell's benching him for so long are a mystery. His return should materially bolster...
There's a man behind the scenes who's working, and working mighty hard, to dust the dust off the diamond dusters to smooth off the rough edges, now that the team has advanced so far into the season. He's already done an excellent job. He's taken a green team, given them the golden wisdom of his long experience and produced a Green and Gold combination that we may well be proud...
...this big thing called college spirit simply a myth? Is this even bigger thing called "The Old Vermont Spirit" just an empty bubble? We hardly think so. We don't want to think so. We'd rather believe that you're right behind "Larry" Gardner he too, deserves your loyal support. Vermont Cynic
...soft-hearted political theorists. But that large sector of U. S. citizens which exalts the House over the Senate, which praises its "businesslike" method of legislative procedure, glowed with fresh admiration as it observed a tight little political autocracy make the fewest necessary concessions to muster a party majority behind its economic will and then, under a special rule, impel the measure through to passage...