Word: clean
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...become so widespread that the cause has been looked for--and found. The purpose of doing away with over-emphasis is to eliminate abuses; yet when those who are abusing are penalized, all factions begin to decry the action. Every college ought individually to see that its linen is clean; if one college is certain that another is playing subsidized athletes, there is no rule compelling it to compete. The present excresences betray internal rottenness; to reduce over-emphasis sufficiently would eliminate abuses...
Exeter has a clean slate to date, having defeated Huntington High, Tilton Seminary, and the M. I. T. Sophomores in easy order. Clement, playing his first season on the Red and Gray nine, won the Huntington contest through phenomenal twirling, allowing neither a run nor a hit and striking...
...yard run, Tech has in Gurney, Poole, Chittick, and W. L. Smith a quartet of runners which will probably be able to make a clean sweep of the nine points here. Each of them has done better than 51 seconds, but it is a question whether they can all duplicate the feat on Saturday so either Colt or Merrill may place. Merrill, however, is counted on for points in the 880-yard run and it is doubtful whether he will be able to handle both the quarter and half on the same day. Although no University men placed...
...moreover, has cleared 11 feet and may possibly give Sheldon or Gratwick a hard struggle. In the shot-put, too, Captain Brown, Clark, and Saxton form a trio that appear, from results this spring, to surpass Blatter and Dexter, Tech's best entries, so the University may score a clean sweep in this event. Brown should win the hammer-throw too, although his frequent foul throws may spoil his chances, as they did in the Pennsylvania Relay Carnival. Marshall ought to get second with Osborn, Tonon, and Dexter as the rivals most to be feared...
Although the school boys have but few veterans, they have a clean slate so far this season, having defeated Roxbury Latin 11-3, Middlesex 4-3, Browne and Nichols 15-5, and Technology Freshmen...