Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Lampoon is pointed out as a shining example of sustained humor. With heartfelt gratitude for its Transcript number, it may yet be said that all do not agree. There is, too, a certain difference in the task of editing a daily compared with that of publishing a fortnightly or monthly. And it may be noted that a bad joke is only a slight incident in one's mental life, but what one considers a bad editorial leaves a deep irritation. One good joke wipes out the memory of a thousand bad ones...
...afternoons, as in former years, will be taken up with recreation. In addition to the regular events such as baseball games, tennis tournaments, and track meets, a certain portion of each afternoon will be devoted to mass games and recreative contests which are adapted to boys' clubs, and aim being to train members of the Conference in the use of recreation in social work...
Some objection will be raised on this compulsory feature of the plan, but a far-sighted man will find sufficient justification in the physical gains to be secured. When a man enters college it is by no means certain that he has reached the mature state of judgment at which he will unerringly choose the things best for his present and future welfare. The College recognizes this by directing his life to a considerable degree during the Freshman year. If this is required for his ultimate good in regard to studies and mode of life, it is even more necessary...
...explained in detail the plans for compulsory physical training for Freshmen which is awaiting action by the Board of Governors. In his speech he emphasized the fact that it is the purpose of this new plan to keep as far from the feeling of compulsion as possible, while making certain that all members of the first year class take an active interest in the various forms of sport...
...within a short time, and efforts are being made throughout the nation to recruit a sufficient number of men to take care of the new program. Retention by the United States of all German ships seized after the declaration of war, will, according to information from Washington, make it certain that this country will be the second maritime power in the world, with Great Britain in first place and Japan in third. When the war began in 1914 American vessels carried only 9.7 per cent of American exports and imports...