Word: failings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...League exists already in the minds of a good many of those connected with football, and we fail to see why the seven schools concerned should be satisfied to let it exist as a purely nebulous entity when there are so many practical benefits which would be possible under a definitely organized association. The seven colleges involved fall naturally together by reason of their common interests and similar general standards, and by dint of their established national reputation they are in a particularly advantageous position to assume leadership for the preservation of the ideals of intercollegiate athletics -- a leadership which...
...sort, thrive under competition. It is this very competition which insures the casual or regular patron surprisingly high standards, and usually full value for the price demanded. For this reason the denunciation of private tutoring by the University and the substitution of college-run reviews would probably fail to approach the standards set under the present system. Monopoly has a tendency to deteriorate and there is no reason to expect the University to be exempt from this law. Therefore, the ideal would seem to be a set standard for tutoring, approved by the several faculties and rigidly adhered...
...Yale's second touchdown last week had been made by anyone else it would have been surprising. Since Kelley made it, it was nothing of the sort. Kelley performances in football are surprising only when they fail to be. Currently, Kelley is the most famed footballer of the year. This is extraordinary because linemen, even ends, are rarely well-known. The reason most linemen are obscure is that they seldom carry the ball, almost never get a chance to score. Kelley's touchdown against Harvard last week was his 13th in three years...
...country with a fair statement of facts. It means intelligent assistance to the Republican members of the United States Congress and, of more importance, the stimulation of the details of party organization. No man or woman who has assumed a position of leadership in the campaign just ended can fail to realize the deep obligation due to the more than sixteen million Americans who voted their convictions. I have expressed to Mr. Hamilton my deep appreciation ... to all of those who joined in the common cause. They will not be abandoned...
...last week arrived an issue of the Sydney Sunday Sun and Guardian with half a page devoted to pictures of the koala and a plaintive screed by Noel Burnet. "Few American visitors," wrote he, "would fail to give everything they possess to take back to the States a real live 'Teddy bear,' but, alas, that cannot...