Word: eagerness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Maxim states that at present he derives no support from the manufacture of arms or amunition. Nevertheless, he has made his fortune in them, and his life-work stands or falls on the justification of their purpose. He is, therefore, none the less eager to vindicate his trade...
...blame for this apparent indifference? The undergraduates have been willing and eager to cheer but there has been no one to lead them. Probably the person whose duty it is to appoint cheer leaders has been ignorant or forgetful of his office. Let Captain Hardwick appoint leaders and the team will soon realize how extensive is its student backing...
Indeed, the average college man is a victim of what Tolstoy termed "the school state of mind",--a state in which every thing scholarly appears a-priori difficult, and the student regards himself not an eager seeker for truth, but a patient forced to receive a distasteful pellet of learning. Probably most men actually apply more alert thought to choosing their clothing and food than to their properly-intellectual tasks...
That the movement for this agreement has come from the clubs themselves, and is an action of undergraduates, acting with graduate advice, but without tangible connection with the Faculty, is one of its best features. It shows that the undergraduates are eager to co-operate in making the Freshman dormitories stand for class unity...
...these gymnasium classes the Freshman has possibilities for instruction in wrestling, fencing, calesthenics and other forms of physical training, under trained and experienced leaders who have gained excellent results with Freshman classes in the past. They offer opportunities which every Freshman should be eager to accept...