Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Friday afternoon, the day of the trial races, will be $1500, and for Saturday, when the championship races, will be run, $6000. In order that this amount shall be paid by the insurance company, it is necessary for at least one-tenth of an inch of rainfall to have fallen within the six hours immediately preceding and during the meet...
...revealed what might prove to be the puzzling secret: for four years the most cherished ambition of the men of '24 has been the winning of a "Y". The Phi Beta Kappa key which for generations was voted the highest honor a Yale man could receive has definitely fallen into that limbo toward which Ralph Henry Barbour first pushed it. Against men who find college dormitories merely a convenient place of residence while gaining proficiency in football and crew, opponents burdened by concentration and distribution have obviously no chance...
...least superficially. And as far as educational policies are concerned, this criticism is quite just. There is no reason why the average trustee should completely comprehend the advantages of prescribed hygiene over elective biology--except in so far as he may have observed the results on graduates who have fallen into his hands. It is moreover true that the acquisition of wealth promotes a reactionary spirit; the reddest radical, becomes wealthy, turns into the bluest conservative. But modern universities have become great industries--largely devoted to turning out the men who will carry on industry in the future. The fitness...
...Hath fallen in these latter days...
This whole Prohibition business is a case of preventing the continuance of a disease in the future rather than an attempt to cure those unfortunates who have fallen prey to its ravages. It may take two or three generations, but eventually there will be no more parched throats in need of alcoholic lubrication. Those responsible for this law, so odious to the selfish and narrow minded, had in mind its effects on future generations. Mr. Leonard speaks of the great test of popular approval but does not seem to be able to look beyond his own nose. Since the primary...