Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...expected that every person holding a ticket to the Stadium will be requested to sign his name; and afterwards, a detailed comparison will be made with the signatures written when the pasteboards were bought. Any differences noted will in all probability result in backlisting...
...much is sympathy with the ideal behind this suggestion as we are--that of giving the greatest athletic outlet to the greatest number of men, we feel that the move is attempting to cover ground which has already been thoroughly pre-empted and sown. The comparison between lightweight crews and football teams is slightly tenuous, inasmuch as physical limitations are more definitely prescribed in crew than in football. Lack of weight or height precludes the possibility of pulling a sweep on the varsity crew, whereas football is full of notable exceptions where weight has given way to courage and power...
With a true American love of spectacles, the participants in the stock market have entered the realm of the stimulati, and they have gone about it in such a way that Mr. Ziegfeld's male interludes are conspicuously unassuming in comparison. The bears rush in to start the ball rolling, and the debacle begins. One hundred million dollars are rushed to the scene and big business sits back to reassure the public that all is well. The next day, a record sale of sixteen million shares is recorded, and the journalists throw up their hands and begin to put their...
...comparison of the two plans not only shows their fundamental differences, but makes more evident the direction in which Harvard is going. That the plan aims to directly make the individual a more real part of Harvard is apparent. Whether or not it can do this, whether it can accomplish its end, depends on its ability to steer clear of provincialism, and, a what is equally important, at the same time to avoid encroachments on the freedom of the individual in the last analysis, the successful practice of the theory rests in a great degree on the personnel...
...interesting to note that in keeping with the general policy of Harvard's graduate schools the innovation will be optional for each eligible student. This year about half of the honor men are ejecting the tutorial scheme. The final records of the two groups should provide an instructive comparison at the end of the year...