Word: fairly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...cannot believe in such a theory. The democracy in which we place our faith is that which gives a chance to each individual to develop himself according to his abilities. Under the regime of a low standard what becomes of the able man's chance? Is it fair to him or to the commonwealth he will one day serve, so long as he presents himself fully prepared, to limit willfully his opportunities...
...Orator and leads the cheering on Class Day. The three Marshals, as well as the Treasurer and Secretary, are ex-officio members of the Class Committee. The Orator, Odist, and Poet deliver their parts in Sanders Theatre on Class Day morning, while the Chorister leads in the singing of "Fair Harvard. The Ivy Orator delivers his humorous speech in the Stadium on the same afternoon...
...treated to a Broadway production at the same time as the New York playgoers, and with a company equal in every particular to the original one. Such is the case, however, with "The Better 'Ole" whose run at the Hollis Street Theatre, now beginning its second week, aids fair to establish a new record for popularity...
...founders of Harvard College, we may say that our academic forebears instituted this course, "dreading to leave an illiterate body of undergraduates to the college, when our present scholars shall lie in the dust." The purpose of English A, therefore, has heretofore been to insure among the undergraduates a fair knowledge and ability in the writing of English composition. In what conceivable way, then, is the value of this course to be enhanced by introducing compulsory training in "military" English? Is it by reading the literary masterpices in military science and tactics, and patterning our style of writing after theirs...
...hoping for as speedy a return to the activities of ante-bellum days as may be possible--and there seems little to prevent this being accomplished. If the squads are interested enough to organize themselves and practice without any definite hope of an outside match, it seems only fair to assume that those in a position to do so will make every effort to permit a short schedule, or possibly merely a game with Yale--if, of course, Yale is willing and able to afford the necessary opposition. In any event, judging by the present outlook, the sport will merit...