Word: getting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...debating clubs proves conclusively that upperclassmen cannot or will not take the time to prepare formal debates at regular intervals and that they are not, as a rule, interested in listening to the dry statistical discussion that such debates generally call forth at club meetings. They prefer rather to get enough general information on public questions to serve as a basis for clear thinking and informal discussion...
...undergraduates in important current public questions and we are continually being urged to take an active interest in these questions by prominent men who visit us, as we were by the Bishop of London Tuesday night. The proposed plan for informal congenial discussion groups furnishes an excellent opportunity to get acquainted with such public questions during the coming winter, and to get valuable training in preparation for the Pasteur Medal debate this fall and the University debates next spring...
...well as to England, in fact, their importance to us is steadily increasing with the ever swelling tide of immigrants, who congregate in our large cities and who, by their socialistic tendencies, constitute a menace to or established form of government. We should welcome this opportunity to get at first hand the views of one whose life has been devoted to the solution of these very vital problems, and to the amelioration of the condition of the "other half...
...give an entertainment in the position of a man who cannot swim and is pushed out beyond his depth and advised not to drown. These organizations are told not to advertise--that is, not to use advertisements which may be seen--and yet to be sure not to get into debt...
...changes in the left side of the line should make that side exceedingly strong after the men get settled down to their positions. Grant, though light for a center, plays a hard, snappy game and should fill his position well against a light team...