Word: distant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard men throughout the West are keenly interested in the present activities of the University," was his statement when questioned about the enthusiasm among distant alumni. "Their questions dealt chiefly with the tutorial system, the recently inaugurated Reading Period, the enlargement of the Stadium, and the expansion of athletic facilities as exemplified by the proposed swimming pool and indoor athletic plant. They were especially interested in the present-day requirements for admission, with particular reference to what actual need exists for boys in distant communities to resort to Eastern preparatory schools in order to meet entrance requirements...
...Lady, wise ape, was presented repeatedly and alternately with a red card, and with a blue card. With the red card came, always, food in a food box. With the blue card came the food box but no food. After a while, the food box was removed to a distant corner. Red and blue cards kept flashing before Old Lady's eyes. When the blue card flashed, Old Lady gazed at it in polite boredom and went on quietly with her toilet. They couldn't fool her. But when the blue card disappeared and the red card showed...
...College has grown, the common meeting grounds have tended to disappear. Classes have been broken up and their members scattered in distant dormitories. That ancient institution, the Fence, has lost its charm. John Doe and the social celebrity, no longer sit side by side on its top rail and aimlessly while away the time between classes. The old beer shops, where all gathered Saturday night for an evening of good fellowship, are but a sacred memory. In their place have come movies, cars, and wholesale migrations known as the "week-end exodus". The last common meeting place to withstand...
...advantages of the rotating policy are not negligible. The emphasis on football is cut down by reducing the number of so-called "objective games"; Harvard's football schedule may be made more national in scope; and Harvard men in distant parts of the country may be favored with an occasional glimpse of their team without a long journey to Cambridge...
...undergraduate, the graduate, and the press even greater importance than the games held with long-standing rivals. A national, representative schedule may well lead to intersectional contests, with time-consuming trips, and all the other evils that go with "championships" and comparative scores. And the theory that graduates in distant states should occasionally be treated to a show of Harvard football in their back yard, is, to say the least, subject to abuse...