Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...remain, we must see that the spirit of revolution is loose. This spirit will either lead us to make some definite steps in progress, or cause us to run down a steep place into the sea. It is not to be assumed that every change is necessarily for the better. Nations have gone wrong almost as frequently as they have gone right in the past, and will probably continue to make mistakes in the future...
This is the third contest for the University team, which defeated Bowdoin, 5-4, and was defeated by Yale, 4-5. Columbia has made a better showing against the strong Annapolis team than any of the colleges...
...been thoroughly welded into a single whole. Now the Yard Freshmen are to be given an opportunity to board with their fellows in Gore and Standish Halls. No mere matter of physical distance should deter them from taking advantage of this proferred chance to get better acquainted with their class; the benefits far outweigh any possible disadvantages. Let us not see 1922 go through college with a "Yard clique" distinct from the rest of the class...
Princeton has already taken extensive precautions against becoming a "local university". Harvard should adopt similar measures. The diffusing of information among Western and Southern schools apropos to the requirements for admission and departments of the University; creating better facilities for men of those schools to take the entrance examinations; establishing regional scholarships;--all would tend to direct large numbers of men to Harvard which would benefit both the men and the University. No one will deny that the academic side of Harvard is the apotheosis of all educational institutions. Why, then, should the other equally important side of a college...
...League senators who are now touring the country are just as firmly convinced that the people do not. Both parties are deceived by the fact that only those who sympathize with their views, attend their mass meetings. But if debates were made common practice statesmen could get a much better idea of the sentiment of the nation...