Word: evils
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...coaching, scouting, dieting and other paraphernalia that its rivals are getting. To the progressive development of that absurdity, as the Yale report wisely points out, there is no end in sight. The time has surely come, therefore, for our colleges to agree upon a scheme of retrenchment. The chief evil of intercollegiate athletics at the present time is not their distractive effect upon study not their roughness, nor their promotion of bad feeling between rival institutions. In all these things there has been great improvement. The worst feature today is the excessively high cost of athletics and the pernicious example...
...evil is especially prominent in the Division of History, Government, and Economics; for the theses are more considerable in that division and require more research. While it is undoubtedly true that men can very easily arrange excellent programs which do not overburden them with thesis work in any one year, the lateness in some cases of the fixing of plans for a particular concentration sometimes brings about unfortunate combinations. A man who happens to be taking Economics 2 and 4, together with some history courses requiring thesis work, is inordinately burdened. Yet his late plans for concentration, and his intellectual...
...curtain is up, there is a true dramatic touch in the sight of Godred praying in the moonlight. Lady Silchester visits him in his cell and is discovered by Lord Henry Fitzwalter, who loves her. Tableau: frightened heroine, brave hero, scurvy villain. Godred conquers by means of his "evil...
...regards the clearness of the water, it is found that sunlight does more harm than good. By supporting growth of vegetable matter in water, scientifically formed "algae," sunlight causes water to become discolored. The only possible evil from lack of sunlight would be a slight psychological effect on the swimmers. Considering that the lighting system would be complete, and that swimming meets are held generally at night, this objection is very slight. As regards ventilation, this would be adequately provided for by the fan method. And beside all essential equipment, the pool was to have two very modern appliances...
...Princeton Triangle Club brought a tour of over 5000 miles to a close yesterday with a final performance of "The Evil Eye" in Englewood, N. J. The day before two performances were given in the ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York. The tour included performances in Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. Paul, St. Louis, Memphis, Louisville, and Cincinnati...