Word: equal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...civic pride, should make us feel with St. Paul of Tarsus, that we are "citizens of no mean city." The power of suffrage is not a right of all mankind; it is a privilege gained for us by eight generations of men who sacrificed and toiled for just and equal laws that the citizen might have freedom to develop his powers, that our government might be a true democracy. We, their descendants and heirs, ought to feel responsibility for the suffrage thus obtained...
...Limiting the width of the defence, including rush line and back field, either arbitrarily to five yards on either side of the point where the ball is put into play; or make the defensive line equal to that of the offensive line or team...
...great essentials of a gentleman, no matter what his position in life may be, are toleration and sympathy: without these qualities all the culture in the world cannot make a true gentleman; with them the simplest, most uneducated countryman is the equal of a belted earl. Among others, he chose, to illustrate his point, the story of the rough soldier-hero at the dinner-table of his commanding officer. It was in India, and, while the soup was being served, ice as precious in that climate, as diamonds, was passed around to cool the champagne. The soldier took a lump...
Twenty-five men are working daily on the society's aeroplane, "Harvard I," and it is expected that the machine will be completed within six weeks. Many new mechanical devices are being embodied in its construction which will make it the equal of the most advanced modern areoplanes...
...means that the best building will be allotted to the men who apply in groups of 14 and the remainder of the class will have to be satisfied with the inferior accommodations found in the other buildings. In order to assure every member of the class having an equal chance of getting into the most desirable dormitory, I would suggest that one entry in each building be set aside for those men wishing to apply in groups of 14, and that the rooms in the other entries be drawn for in the usual manner. After all, the object of having...