Word: englishmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which the lion had been feasting, was saved and mounted as a souvenir. Ralph Paine's comment, when the tale was told him at Mombasa, was that meeting a lion on the third green would have put him off his game at least two strokes a hole. The unemotional Englishmen who had to play the lion as-an extra hazard, of course resumed their match as if nothing had happened...
...Cortissoz answered, "for education rests entirely in the individual. It is wholly in his power to cultivate his mind and imagination or not. It is true, however, that Englishmen graduate from their colleges really educated. They learn from what I call the habit of mind, but only because the tradition of learning in English colleges is deeper than here. I am strongly in favor of a purely elective system of education, where the student is given a great deal of freedom...
Tomorrow evening in Jordan Hall a concert by Pembroke Dahiquist, baritone. He will sing songs from contemporary and modern Parisians and Russians, Italians, Englishmen and Americans...
Although W. S. Bristowe, captain of the Cambridge two-mile relay team, has been forced to withdraw from the carnival, the Englishmen will still be very dangerous foes in the sprints and mile relay event. R. G. Allen '26, J. E. Merrill '24, L. L., Robb '25, and F. P. Kane '26 will run for Harvard in the latter race, which will be held on Saturday...
...nonviolence, which, if strictly followed by India, will invoke the best in the British people. My hope for the attainment of Swaraj [Home Rule] by non-violence is based upon an immutable belief in the goodness which exists deep down in all human nature. . . . We need not hate Englishmen, though we hate the system they have established. They have given India a system based on force, by which they can feel secure only in the shadow of their forts and guns. We Indians, in turn, hope by our conduct to demonstrate to every Englishman that he is as safe...