Word: expresse
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...members of the CRIMSON team wish to express their gratitude to the donors of the cup for the substantial stimulant which they have administered for the scientific advancement of hockey. To Mr. Barron especially are we grateful for we realize that he has everything to lose and nothing to gain. However, we admire a good loser and will say unqualifiedly that all the members of the board of our foolish contemporary are good losers. It is merely the adaptation of that old adage that practice makes perfect...
From St. Petersburg Mr. Mears began the longest single part of his expedition, when he boarded the Trans-Siberian Express for a 10-day ride over 15,000 miles of Prussian and Siberian territory. A washout caused a delay of 18 hours at one point, and Mr. Mears said that American workers could have repaired it in 3 hours at most. By offering the engineer 20 roubles or $10 for every hour he made up, Mr. Mears was able to cut down the delay by about 8 hours, but the remaining loss was enough to make him miss his boat...
...problems. At each meeting, a professor of one of the departments devoted to the study of political, economic, or sociological subjects will give a review of the current happenings relating to the topic under consideration. A general discussion will follow these talks, giving the men an excellent opportunity to express their opinions clearly and concisely in a forum through which the best thought on current problems will receive widespread recognition. Definite plans will be drawn up shortly after mid-years...
That is the conclusion. What are the reasons? In the first place, Mr. Draper believes that no man can lead a business without clear and "workable ideas;" and that "the harnessing of the imagination" can best be learned in college, for in college "he who knows but cannot express what he knows is no better off than as if he did not know at all." In the second place, "college life is a life among ideals;" and business is fast learning that it is not "alone a game of outwitting and profiting" but of "benefiting the community" and individual, "morally...
...wish to express our appreciation of the highly gratifying manner in which the College has responded to the recent appeal for payment of Gymnasium pledges, and at the same time strongly urge those members of the three upper classes who have so far been unable to pledge any money, to take the present opportunity of doing so. During the week of the Freshman campaign, pledge cards may be filled out at Leavitt & Peirce's by those who have not yet done so, and it is hoped that a large number will take advantage of this opportunity...