Word: evens
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sure, the social advantages of the Union can often be obtained even more fully at other clubs. But the Library cannot be duplicated. It has been said to be the best selected collection of books for the "youthful cultivated reader" in America; and the number who use the library show that that is not a contradiction in terms. There is no "red tape" connected with its mechanism. The reader can browse around the shelves at pleasure, can pick out books personally and enjoy them in quiet, while smoking the Union's cigarettes. With the possible exception of that...
...Employers who voluntarily grant such leaves of absence will act from motives of philanthropy, not business. Even were these difficulties overcome, the patchwork of six months, so spent, would not make a soldier...
Professor Scott Nearing's study of "The Younger Generation of American Genius" has aroused widespread interest. He has come to the conclusion that American leadership "arises even the last generation from one-half of the population, the men from one small group of the population the college-bred, from one small geographical area, the northeastern section of the United States; from one small group of occupations, the professions." In reply to the criticism that the recent growth of the West makes a study of general nineteenth century talent unfair, Prof. Nearing chose 200 men in "Who's Who" who were...
...late in organizing? Last year the Freshmen elected their officers on December 18. To be sure, before the day of the new dormitories Freshman elections usually were not held until February or even March. But with the present opportunities for early acquaintance the reasons for such late starting are in the main removed. And the successful "social functions" held by 1918 in the second half of last year show the value of an early start. Admitting that these are busy days, there should still be time for the final organization of 1919. In the flurry of military ardor the importance...
...tender, and Dobson, who captained the Queen's skaters when they won the Allan Cup and world's championship. In Box, whose brother played last year, Parker, Purvis and Wallace, Queen's has four men who are players of some reputation in Canada, and the seven make a combination even stronger than last year...