Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...mentioned in Who's Who. and that this is slightly higher than the number of Phi Beta Kappa members so recorded for the same period. The author modestly admits that this does not prove very much. It certainly lacks a good deal of proving that athletes generally succeed better than scholars. Presumably the captains represent the very pick of all the teams. If all members of University teams and crews were compared with all Phi Beta Kappa men. it would give a fairer test...
...hard enough at it. An illustration of the author's animus is shown in his way of explaining the Law School's majority against the candidate who favors the recall of judges in the recent straw vote for president. It is not unreasonable to suppose that law students are better informed on that particular subject than undergraduates are. The author, however, dismisses the subject by attributing it to the "class consciousness...
...been regarded as especially strong on the track and in the field this season, the team at New Haven has been improving rapidly during the past fortnight. Still on paper Harvard should have the advantage by a few points, mainly because the University team appears to be better balanced. J. B. Cummings '13, A. L. Jackson '13, and T. O. Freeman '14, the hurdlers, have been improving rapidly during the past week and now seem to have recovered from the injuries which handicapped them at the first of the season. B. M. Preble '12 has been improving in the half...
Progress in every possible direction is the Keynote of the social service report. More students are doing better work than every before; fewer have proved failures. Such a state of facts argues well for undergraduate interest in social betterment work...
...German, and J. W. Hallowell '01, of Milton, spoke briefly of their experiences in athletics. Professor White compared modern baseball with the game he played in the seventies. In those days there were no gloves, masks, or training tables. The teams today have many advantages and should be much better...