Word: betterment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fold plan for the increase of the facilities of the Yale athletic field has been formed by the undergraduate athletic association of that University, and is heartily endorsed by the graduates. Its aim, which is to bring about a more general participation in athletics, embraces the following points: better transportation, a new track, new dressing rooms or track house, new tennis courts, a free period for all students each day, and a "Y" club...
...order to bring about better transportation facilities, buses will soon be operating at short intervals between the campus and Yale Field. This means of transportation, besides being free, will bring the field within six minutes of the college, instead of twenty as formerly. Anyone, whether he is out for a team or not will be privileged to a free ride in one of the buses. The purpose will be to get every man out on the field every day, not necessarily competing for a team, but at least taking some form of exercise...
...believe that a splendid educational system will be part of the American army in years to come and that every man who enters the army will find himself better prepared for the activities of civilian life as a result of his service," said A. J. Ficks, of Louisville, Ky., at the Ebbitt...
...already being outgrown. Another need of a large auditorium appears now, as it does annually, in the lack of a suitable place in which to hold the Commencement exercises, where more of the guests may witness them. Again, if an adequate auditorium were provided it would afford a better place for holding recitals of the University Musical Clubs...
...pointing out to the latter some of the advantages of going to Harvard. There is at present a natural re-action due to the war which makes us treat most things as inconsequential. The sooner we can take an active, unselfish interest in ordinary worth while matters, the better. A few words to a friend, uncertain about choosing college might be of real help to him and the University...