Word: frees
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...lecturer is a grandson of Richard Cobden, the famous English free-trader, and is probably the most widely known binder and printer of books in the United Kingdom. He is connected with the Doves-Bindery of London...
...intercollegiate athletics are assuming too prominent a place in our lives, their number can be gradually reduced and the dormitory teams or other similar organizations can be given free rein to develop as their possibilities permit. But we are sure that abolition of intercollegiate contests will work greater harm to the cause of general participation in athletics than its advantages would compensate for. At present, let us use all legitimate means to bring success in intercollegiate contests, especially football--where the need is greatest--and at the same time afford every incentive to develop the more limited contests...
...anything fundamentally opposed to them in the nature of Harvard undergraduates. We must explain it by the fact that a revolt against provincial customs has gone too far, and that in ridiculing many of the seemingly foolish usages of smaller colleges we are over anxious to be free from anything similar. An example of the better sort of tradition is that which some years ago prompted undergraduates to remove their hats when passing through the Newell Gate, out of respect for the man whose name it bears...
Thou who hast set the generations free...
...understanding that their chief motive for volunteering was to see the game. They should feel, however, that they owe a duty which must be conscientiously performed before they consider their own inclinations. They should endeavor to seat everyone as promptly as courtesy allows and to keep the aisles free at all times. No matter what arrangements may be made beforehand, the success of the ushering depends upon the co-operation of each individual usher. Without this, supervision is practically worthless...