Word: chiefs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...there a time when young men needed so sorely a training in that mental concentration and in those orderly ways of thought which are bred by the reading of highly inflected languages. But it is paradoxical to champion the Classics on the ground of their practical advantages. Their chief value cannot be measured by materialistic standards. Since they form the corner stone of the humanities, they fulfill their highest function in affording their, devotes the noble opportunity of repudiating the utilitarian theory of education
...chief points to be considered in the proposed pool as regards health are four: the presence of bacteria in the water, the clearness of the water, the psychological effect of lack of sunlight, and the ventilation...
...candidate, and each is closely supervised by the business manager. Closer co-operation has now come into play and the manager has been made free to look after the candidates alone. Many accounts are assigned and the work so systematized that there will be almost no clerical work, the chief duty of candidates being to solicit advertisements. The elected business editor will become assistant business manager in his Junior year and will then compete with the other two assistants for the business managership...
...couples crowded the big floor of the Living Room, creating a scene of kaleidescopic festivity. The decorations though simple, were so artistically arranged that the usually cold, stone corridors and be-news-papered lounging rooms seemed converted into a veritable fairyland of youth and gaiety. Laurel wreathes formed the chief decoration, being draped along the walls and caught up at the chandeliers in long festoons. The Chinese lanterns were strung about in profusion and with the regular lights softened by red crepe paper shades, the entire scene was one of great picturesqueness. Much ingenuity was displayed in the arrangement...
...biggest feature of the contest will be the singing by each club, individually, of Edward MacDowell's spirited "War Song." This selection will probably be the chief feature in determining the judges' decision, for it forms the only common basis for comparison. Each club will also sing two other pieces, one a light classic composition and the other a college or football song. Another interesting feature, in addition to the competitive singing, will be the rendering of Kremser's Old Netherland folksong, "The Prayer of Thanksgiving," by the combined competing clubs and the University Glee Club of New York...