Word: broader
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Between us geographically is the East River, but theologically there is something far broader and deeper than the East River. Brooklyn still believes in the Bible as the inspired word of God. Brooklyn still believes in Jesus as the Son of God, as 'very God of very God.' Brooklyn still believes in 'the five points as affirmed and reaffirmed by our General Assembly. Brooklyn still contends earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints...
Coach R. T. Fisher '12, first speaker of the evening, discussed the broader aspects of athletics at Harvard. He pointed out that the record of the University since the war in major sports credits Harvard with 13 victories over Yale, and Yale with 13 victories over Harvard. With Princeton also the number of major sport games won and lost is tied. "We have to face the fact," he went on to say. "Harvard has been for some time in an athletic slump. We do not want to be satisfied with an average record, we want the majority of victories...
Upon little courtesies such as this a better feeling of intercollegiate friendship and sympathy is bound to arise. Too often in the heart of competition between institutions the immediate result victory, is overemphasized. The bigger and finer things, such as better relations, a broader viewpoint and the thrill of the competition itself are some-times overlooked in the desire to win. Victory become so large the greater benefits hidden behind intercollegiate competition are lost from sight. It is unfortunate that the relation between these tangible and intangible ideals should sometimes become distorted but it is often the case and cannot...
...most remarkable features of last night's Ingersoll Lecture was the almost complete absence of undergraduates. There is no doubt but that the subject. "The Immortality of Man" requires for proper appreciation and understanding a deeper and broader experience than the undergraduate is likely to have had. At the same-time, there was much of a stimulating and unusually interesting nature, to grasp which required only attention...
...point of view, spring football does not materially contribute to a better Varsity team. The college is so small and unusual athletic ability so concentrated that many of the best football men are occupied with other interests in the spring. We prefer to rest our case, however, on the broader argument. Football is overemphasized; intercollegiate athletics are hypertrified; spring football is merely a minor symptom of the larger disease. It is one of those things without which we could so easily...