Word: equalize
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...prizes of equal amount will be awarded, one at each of the series of trial debates for the selection of Harvard's representatives in the intercollegiate debates with Yale and Princeton. The prize is awarded to the member of the team judged to have done the best work throughout the trials...
Regular winter practice in the Gymnasium for the University track squads is now beginning. About fifteen men have already reported in the high jump, and an equal number in the hurdles. Candidates for the pole vault, shot put, hammer throw and distance events will start regular training next week. The distance men will be divided into two squads in charge of competent runners, and will be given light work on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Other squads will report as follows: high jumpers and hurdlers, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; pole vaulters and shot putters, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Hammer throwers will practice...
...Soldiers Field at 3.30 o'clock this afternoon to cheer the class football team in its game with the Sophomores for the class championship. Men are requested to remain outside the sideline ropes while the game is in progress, in order to give the teams an equal chance to play. R. OVESON. V. F. JEWETT...
...following statistics indicate that the whole freshman eleven averages seven pound to the man more than the Harvard Freshman team. In height and age, however, the teams are fairly equal. Both teams are slightly less in height, weight and age than last year...
...dangers of democracy is the influence of the unscrupulous man with a strong will. Masses of men have a collective vanity, skilful appeals to which never fall. People are disposed to believe that the majority must be right, and that there is danger in change and innovation. They love equality in one sense and inequality in another. An individual likes to think that he is equal to the next man, but is strongly appealed to by the unusual, by what is pre-eminent or higher than its surroundings. This accounts for many paradoxes in modern life...