Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...throughout the season and at its culmination on Soldiers Field. Tonight, at the reception in the Union, there will be an opportunity for us to show, more personally, how real this backing and support was. Work for another successful year cannot begin too early and there can be no better beginning than a large and enthusiastic gathering to greet the recognized football champions...
...sports although these offer an opportunity of great physical improvement, and exercise at the time of year when it is hardest to get. The new professional coach for the Gymnasium team may be an evidence of reviving interest in that direction. The Athletic Association or the Student Council, or, better still, the team captains, might well take steps toward invigorating the others before it is too late...
...questions to be discussed is whether it is not better rather to discourage than promote the public exhibition. As a rule, debating, prize speaking, and declamation are not based on and made subservient to a prolonged systematic training, but are generally spasmodic exhibitions by which a school or other organization is brought into the lime-light...
...been established by the ages of civilization. We should seek competent guidance to settle our misgivings; we should not intrude our deepest emotions on others; and, with the aid of education, we should learn to stand modestly but firmly on our own feet. And there is no place better fitted to give assistance, strength, and quiet confidence than morning chapel...
Authors are urged to send in manuscripts as early as possible. The earlier they are received the better the opportunity for careful consideration. The award will be made by a committee of five judges: Messrs. Lee Shubert, W. M. Brady, Holbrook Blinn, Morris Gest, and F. R. Comstock...