Word: felt
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...moderate strength, even though many point winners will be lost by graduation. As in former years, the team will be weak in the field events especially. In the middle-distances the loss of former Captain Bingham '16, T. R. Pennypacker '16, and A. Biddle '16 will be keenly felt, especially at the time when a middle-distance relay team is being formed...
...most of the United States the final choice of the scholar is left in the hands of a Committee of Selection. Great care has been taken in the constitution of these committees, as it has been felt that on the wise and impartial exercise of their judgement depends more than upon anything else the full success of the scheme. These committees take into account different qualities of the candidates, such as, and in this they were directed by the founder, literary and scholastic attainments, love of outdoor sports, high moral character, and desire to serve in public affairs...
Increasingly American business life is pervades by the professional spirit. It has grown in response to pressure from within and to a quickened social sense from without. It was large-scale business, complex and with many public contacts, that has first felt these forces, and therefore has sought systematically to enlist broadly trained men. The smaller concerns are now falling into line. Business leaders began looking for young men who could use their minds, who could analyze problems and take a fresh point of view. They found that college graduates were likely to have the qualities they sought, activity...
Today all University crews below the first three will be divided up into class crews, and will continue to row in that way the rest of the season. It is felt that this change ought to be made now to obtain the best results in the annual interclass race in May, and each class crew will receive individual attention. Pair-oar work will also begin today, which will be a valuable addition to the practice of the University squad...
This new building is the result of the union of two clubs, the Sphinx Club and the Kalumet Club. When the new Freshman dormitories were opened, these two organizations felt that the need of waiting clubs was very much decreased in the University, and after various meetings of graduate committees, the present union was formed...