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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...votes yesterday is the largest since the spring of 1912 when Taft was elected with 783 votes to 488 for Roosevelt and 432 for Wilson, out of a total of 1,989 votes cast. Wilson was elected in the fall of 1912 by the greatest number of votes ever cast for him, 735, to 475 for Roosevelt, and 365 for Taft, out of a total of 1,608. Roosevelt took the lead last spring with 660 votes 519 for Wilson and 348 for Hughes out of a total of 1,736. Yesterday's election was the only one where...
...older men has been accepted or rejected as seemed best to the particular undergraduates involved. At times serious mistakes and misunderstandings have resulted, occasioning injury to Yale's name in the conduct of its athletic relations with other institutions. It has become increasingly evident that with the ever-changing nature of such control, as men pass from the college world to be succeeded by others of less experience, no permanent policy or fixed direction in athletic matters can be assured...
...Tufts players are back in the game again, and should be in better form than ever for the coming game. X-ray plates showed that Captain Wescott's ribs were not fractured as a result of last Saturday's game, and he came out for practice as usual on Monday. In preparation for the game with Princeton Coach Whelan will give the backs a great amount of practice running back punts. The uncertainty with which the backs ran in kicks against the University was one of the greatest weaknesses they showed. This sort of play against Princeton would be fatal...
...Talking to your opponents, if it falls short of being abusive or insulting, is not prohibited by the rules, partly because it ought not to be necessary and partly because no rules can make a gentleman out of a 'mucker.' No good sportsman is ever guilty of cheap talk to his opponents...
...large. Some system of universal service is needed; and the Swiss system, from the point of view of the greatest benefit to the individual, the health and morale of the country and adequate defense for the nation, has unquestionably demonstrated its superiority over any other system that has ever been put forward. Then why not adopt it? is the question in the minds of everyone when he has finished this book. And when we think of the vast sums that are spent each day in luxuries and pleasures and in building magnificent public buildings in insignificant towns, we wonder more...