Word: besting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...than a score of the so- "called "manufacturers" which, mushroom-like, fill barns and hangars in other cities, build tiny "factories" on overenthusiastic local capital. 2) That the "abandoned" Glenn L. Martin plant was at the time it was taken over one of the two or three largest and best-equipped aircraft factories in the world, and that subsequent additions and improvements made by this company at a cost of over $300,000 have considerably improved its position in this respect. 3) That the "onetime Army flier (Benjamin Frederick Castle) who went into banking was, in fact, the former Chief...
...policy of an undergraduate newspaper is an intangible essence at best but out of the tangle of journalistic theories and idealistic pipe dreams that invariably permeate the atmosphere of any college daily, one fact makes itself obvious: namely, that in a University composed of many different schools and institutions to the total of eight thousand of more students, no opinion can be typical of the whole. The number of undergraduate dailies that have fallen by the wayside in the attempt to strike the "typical undergraduate opinion" is legion...
...regard to the business colleges they can be an immense-power for good if they adhere to the best in our technical, professional and liberal arts institutions. On the other hand," he continued, "it would be well nigh a national calamity if our business colleges ever became 'collegiate...
...which has been under the direction of E. T. Putnam '29, experienced pilot of last season. In the backfield are S. L. Batchelder '31, valuable auxiliary back of last year, A. W. Huguley '31, letterman and stellar defenseman, and W. R. Harper '30, two-time letterman and reckoned the best plunging back of the present team. Just how this combination, experienced and tried as it is, is to be bettered without at least a game or so for a basis of judgement, is the problem which at present leads the experts to believe that Coach Horween has no immediate idea...
...those initial years gave unflaggingly of time and counsel, would, we may imagine, look with amazement upon this splendid scene. But they would also look with pride, and their pride would be justified, for they, too, share in this great achievement. A great seat of learning gave her best endeavors to meet the need for the trained men they craved for business; it gave its full recognition to the profession they held in honor; here and now in return is a concrete symbol of what American business is prepared to give...