Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Bryan would have received 130 votes and Hughes 886. Johnson, if nominated, would have received 178 votes to Hughes's 838. Bryan would have had 115 to Taft's 901, and Johnson would have had 265 to Taft's 751. This appears to show that Johnson would stand a better chance than Bryan against either of the Republican candidates...
Perhaps "absence makes the heart grow fonder"; perhaps the Boston alumni are too near us to appreciate what means so much to the Harvard men of New York and other cities. Mr. Tupper has not found it so. Better for Harvard that our graduate organization is most complete in the west and south, where it is needed most; better still if it were complete throughout. Once broached, we feel sure the matter will not pass without further consideration; once organized, it will not lack for support...
...ways will be of grass with about ten feet of turf at the end to jump from, and will be bounded by broad white lines of lime. The object of a second set of pits is to save the others for competitions and meets, and to keep them in better condition. In case of a large number of entries in any competition both sets of pits may be used...
...Yale graduate, Taft, as strongly and sincerely as Yale, a few years ago, had supported Roosevelt, a Harvard man. He said that both Hughes and Taft stand for civic honesty and the purity of the country, but that Taft, because of his superior equipment and indomitable courage, was the better man. In closing, he said that Taft should be elected for he has always stood by the President and his principles. And these should be continued, for they make for the industrial and economic liberty of the people...
...next year's University team there will be as a nucleus Cutting, Erhard, and Barroll. These men, together with one or two promising members of this year's Freshman team should make a better team than that of the past season...