Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...general relation of the Harvard Club towards building up the University is no greater than that of the Associated Harvard Clubs of the West, who do not appear to have had any special privilege. Why should a New York graduate who belongs to the Harvard Club have a better chance at tickets than his classmate who has not joined that club, or another classmate who lives in Boston...
...final interclass debate last night between the Juniors and Sophomores for the class championship was won by the Juniors, who supported the negative side of the question: "Resolved, That the present form of parliamentary government in France is better suited to insure the political welfare of the French people than a presidential system such as exists in the United States...
...subject of the debate will be: "Resolved, That the present system of parliamentary government in France is better suited to insure the political welfare of the French people than a presidential system such as exists in the United States." The Junior team, G. W. Hinckley, A. Black and O. J. Campbell, will support the negative and the Sophomore team, A. Locke, R. T. Henshaw and J. Daniels, will support the affirmative. Each speaker will be allowed twelve minutes for main speech and five minutes for rebuttal. R. C. Bruce '02 will preside, and the judges will be Dean Briggs...
...question of exhaustion, no evil results have appeared nor are likely to appear, providing there is suitable preparation, from our four mile races. But even if it is desirable to reduce the exhaustion, three miles is, if at all, very little better than four in this respect...
...those who had had the experience of both distances reached conclusions directly opposite to the views now advanced by Mr. Storrow. Nothing has occurred since to impair the soundness of the reasons which induced the adoption in 1876 of four miles as the distance. The longer race is a better test of the rowing ability of the crews, for the longer the race the more skill in rowing, and especially in crew rowing, counts, while mere individual strength is less important. To win a four mile race requires a long period of thorough and careful preparation. If the length...