Word: fatalism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...they complete their required work, and this may well apply to others. The man on probation is compelled to attend every class,-a doubtful help i raising his grades,-which after all is the requisite thing. he is forced to concentrated on better grades-not better understanding. A fatal emphasis is placed on the additional C which merely exacerbates the already unhealthy system of meaningless marks...
...book Professor Babbitt expounds his belief that since Democracy will necessarily be judged by other forms of government, the American trend will be fatal and will lead to decadent imperialism. This country's failure in leadership he attributes to the faults in our higher education where ethical standards have been undermined by utilitarian and sentimental tendencies...
...time when he took office in 1913, his doctors were skeptical whether he would live through a four-year term of office, because he was suffering from incipient Bright's disease. His will was greater than these diseases, which he held at bay until the end. His fatal illness first neared him in 1919 during his nationwide tour, speaking in favor of the League of Nations. After a speech at Pueblo, Col., on Sept. 25 of that year, he was exhausted and in a deep perspiration. He went to bed. During the night Dr. Grayson was summoned. The President...
Dixon won his place in the final match by defeating Channing Wakefield 3L of the Lincoln's Inn Society yesterday afternoon, 15-5, 9-15, 15-11, 15-4. Both men played a defensive game throughout. Each realized that a hard hitting game would be fatal, and the two players depended entirely upon their skill in placing and in the variety of their shots to win. The Harvard captain proved his superiority...
Rees prepared for Princeton at St. Paul's School, where he was a leader in athletics and other school activities. He was playing center on the Princeton first-year sextet Saturday when he was struck above the temple by a hockey stick. The injury proved fatal, and he died during an operation yesterday morning...