Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chief who understood black magic, a leopard hunt, a march of wild phantoms through the jungle. The obvious comment upon princes, even Swedish princes, who write books is that laudatory insult reserved, also for bears who ride bicycles. But the literary lapses of Prince William do not suggest the comparison; he rides the fictitious bicycle of his fictions with grace, speed, confidence and dexterity, though lacking, perhaps, the vigor and finesse of a six-day champion...
...following article, reprinted from the Yale News, forms part of a "comparison of the educational systems in use at the present time in the larger Eastern colleges." It is run here at such length because, though a product of anonymity, it serves excellently in presenting the extra-Harvard undergraduate's interpretation and evaluation of the present educational system of the University...
...best of those surveyed here. It is the only one that has a logical, well worked out theory of education behind it. The others seem to have grown up, hit or miss, with the years and the theory behind them, which I have expounded above is childish in comparison. Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Williams and Dartmouth have succeeded, by some miracle of inefficiency, in interfering both too much and too little in their students' choice of studies. Too much--because for the first two years they suppress all individuality, practically dictating what the undergraduate shall and shall not study, regardless...
...deal has been written and said about the relative strength of the Harvard and Penn teams, about Harvard's line driving power, new forward passing attack, and wealth of first class backs, and the Penn passing threat and stubborn defensive strength, there is practically no basis for a reliable comparison of the two elevens...
...Crimson squad enters the game as the underdog, having suffered several defeats, while Andover enters the game with a clean slate. A comparison of the previous games favors Andover, for the Academy beat Tabor 3-1, while Tabor downed the Crimson Freshmen 2-1, and both Andover and the Freshmen defeated Dean Academy...