Word: certain
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...standard of education and culture in a country is apt to be judged by the character of literature produced by the country's authors during a certain period. Mr. Ellsworth bewails the decreasing number of good authors which this country has produced in the last two decades, and declares that the educational machinery of our colleges is at fault. It must be remembered that the population of the country has advanced with gigantic strides, and each decade has found American colleges struggling to expand their scolastic facilities in order to care for the mass of young men eager to learn...
...will probably never exist, for the man who specializes in the art of authorship will need little help in the selection of his courses. College training will help these men of gifted ability, but it can never produce them. The reasons for the lack of literary geniuses during a certain period must be sought for elsewhere than in the system of college training...
...work of the competition consists of accompanying the clubs on certain of the shorter trips around Boston, securing concerts, arranging trips and some clerical work. The competition offers an excellent opportunity for a good business training, the duties of the manager corresponding closely to those of the business world...
...Harvard in the past two seasons made a great deal of the "threat game" from kick formation, Mahan lying back. Mahan threatened three things, two of which he could do well and one brilliantly--punt, forward pass and run. No eleven could be certain what was to happen, and Mahan made the most of the doubtful state of mind. Harvard's interference in the case of a run would pile the tackle all over himself, knock the end galley west and generally take care of the back who was coming up to relieve the two over-pressed defenders...
...appears many times that a man is compelled to select some course about which he knows nothing in order to round out either his field of concentration or distribution. After the first meeting a certain course may prove to be entirely unsuited to his tastes. Usually the man remains in the course, resigns himself to the fact that he will be bored, and determines to do as little work as possible. With slight effort this misfortune can be averted. Provided a student has a reason worthy of consideration he is allowed to drop a course any time before Saturday, October...