Word: factor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...close third with 19. The other eight institutions which have more than five representatives are: Yale 13, Wisconsin 10, Alabama 7, Mississippi 7, Missouri 7, Minnesota 6, lowa 6, and Georgia 6. Every one of these institutions, except Harvard and Yale, are state universities, which shows what an important factor in political life these institutions have become. It is equally interesting to observe that such large and important universities as Columbia, Pennsylvania, Cornell, and Princeton have only three of their men in Congress, while Johns Hopkins and Stanford are not represented...
...community is always disposed to look outside its own limits for the factors in its development. Sometimes it is peculiarly fortunate in being able to discover such a factor within itself, but this it is usually slow to recognize. No more potent factor has appeared in the raising of standards of taste in the community of the University, than Dr. Davison. In addition to his work as an organist of international reputation, he has devoted his services to the popularization of good music in the University at large. This work he has accomplished in an eminently practical and effective manner...
...Again, in his work with the University Glee Club he has made the organization unquestionably the finest in the country, both in the quality of its work, and in the standard of its repertory. He has always been the advocate of competitive singing, and was a deciding factor in the establishment of the Intercollegiate Glee Club Meets. He has supervised the production of a number of undergraduate performances with results such as were shown in the recent performance of "Orpheus" by the Radcliffe Choral Society, and the Glee Club. Finally, under Dr. Davidson's personal direction, the Appleton Chapel Choir...
...half-hour scrimmage with the B. A. A., resulting in a tie score of 3 to 3. The work of the University showed marked improvement from the ragged playing Tuesday, although there was still a tendency to pass blindly. In the preliminary work Coach Winsor tried to eliminate this factor, having first pair shooting and passing, and then sending the first and second forward lines alternately against the regular defence...