Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...there is no distinction made between University men and beginners. The coaches have time to spend on green material, and the men have a chance to play alongside of the more experienced players. Any man in college who has the slightest desire or wish to be a football player cannot afford to miss this practice, unless he is engaged in one of the regular spring sports. Freshmen and Sophomores who have never played football or played but little, but who have an underlying desire to be football players, should come out now and get the fundamentals. Two years from...
...occupied with a modernized version of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice," the burlesque taking its name from the fact that Shylock takes a mortgage on Antonio's fattest calf instead of the conventional pound of flesh. Portia's defense is grounded on the claim that the calf cannot be moved without a permit from the board of health, on account of the prevalence of the hoof and mouth disease. While Shylock is debating this phase of the case the frantic manager comes rushing down the aisle declaring that the train leaves in 10 minutes. The whole company leaves the stage...
...protect ourselves. And it is just there that the pacifist of today, and especially of the United States, has an opportunity unequalled in all history to serve the cause of civilization. When the present war is over the belligerents will be in a state of exhaustion from which they cannot recover in less than a generation at least. Men and women throughout the entire civilized world will have endured and seen suffering such as no former war has produced. If ever there was a time ripe for federations of nations, diminutions of national armament, international police forces, increased control...
...Robber" last night. The play has every element of originality, wit, and sustained action that makes a musical comedy good instead of mediocre--or worse. If there is one weakness which has characterized many previous plays of the club, it is the lack of a substantial basic plot. One cannot criticise the present production upon that ground. The music is well written; several of the numbers are decidedly catchy, although as a whole the music would be more effective if the solos were sung by voices of higher calibre...
...devote his entire life to the real defense of his country, even to carrying the campaign of education into the more backward nations, wherever he does come into contact with the problem he must make his contribution along these lines. If we are ever to make progress we cannot begin by investing in Summer Military Camps. President Eliot has truly said that they are worse than a waste of time...