Word: drawings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Having analyzed osculation, the Supreme Court of the Philippines pondered on draw poker, decided that it was a game of chance and hence illegal. Its decision said: "By what is known as bluffing it often happens that a skilful player with the poorest hand wins the pot from the poor player who has the best hand. But even so, in making bets the skilful player takes a chance that he will not be called...
Since M. I. T. has waived the new ruling which stipulates that not more than 12 players may take part in a contest. It is likely that Harvard will make frequent substitutions for tonight's encounter. And seldom has the Crimson had such a wealth of material to draw from. For three years, Harvard's fresh. man teams have gone through hard seasons without a single defeat being registered against the Crimson first-year aggregations and with the best of all this material at present included on the first squad, there is some reason for the spirit of optimism which...
...service to society I mentioned a few minutes ago. Some go to be prepared to earn a better living, some for social prestige, some to make the contacts that will be of service to them in life after the college, some to have a good time, etc. May I draw your attention to the fact that the men who are trying to steer the new democratic republic in Germany are Dr. Stresemann, Dr. Wirth, Dr. Luther, men of the gymnasium and university, men of the higher education. The same is true of France and Great Britain...
...this be accomplished? That brings me to my second point. You remember that I promised to draw two lessons from a comparison of European and American education one, which I have just briefly discussed referring to the spirit of education. The other, that I shall even more briefly discuss, having to do with the organization of education. I told you that the last two years of the lycee and gymnasium were equivalent to the first two years of our college. In the European systems these two years are added to those which go before to form an institution...
...Powers recommended to the Government of China that if and when it shall come into existence it should draw up a civil and commercial code and modernize the Chinese judicial procedure. The Powers intimated that if and when this shall be accomplished they would consider gradual abandonment of extraterritoriality...