Word: glamorous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...recent numbers of the Bulletin I have observed, with some amusement, not unmingled with sorrow, the palpitant emotion of certain contributors to its columns anent the alarming tendency of preparatory school graduates to choose for matriculation other colleges than Harvard. The glamor of athletic supremacy, which for some years has been Harvard's, has not, apparently, resulted in an increase of applicants for admission--far from it, if the latest figures from Andover and Exeter are to be believed. And yet, does not the remedy for this condition lie in Harvard's own hands...
...away any slight advantage which the offense has over the defense. This would be contrary to the whole idea of football rules, which is to give the offense an even or slightly better chance than the defense. In addition to this, such a change would take away from the glamor of the game, and the crowds would not be so enthusiastic...
...author of the communication makes a suggestion that is practical and yet does not remove entirely the glamor of having the "big men" on the Class Day Committee. He would have the marshals and other class officers, with the nominating committee of the Student Council, appoint four men who are capable of relieving the Class Day Chairman of most of the responsibility and hard work. If any objection be raised that, by this system, four deserving men are deprived of the honor of holding office, it would be simple enough to place them on a larger Class Committee...
...spite of its many real advantages, the exporting business has a glamor about it which deceives the inexperienced. Far too many people think of it as an easy road to success. The undergraduate who contemplates entering it should be undeceived...