Word: good
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...startling number of young men disclosed by the draft who are illiterate or physically imperfect shows that our schools are functioning imperfectly even now. Should not the strong arm of the National Government reach out, then, and correct and regulate our common schools? It surely can do much good by way of improvement. But quite within the range of possibilities are very terrible dangers. If the states must follow the policy laid down by the National Department of Education in order to enjoy the nation's largess, it is quite within the power of a dominating secretary or a bureaucratic...
...stretch and the runners finished even. On the exchange of batons, the Crimson had the advantage, D. F. O'Connell '21 taking the first corner ahead of Paine. Paine went ahead before the lap was ended, but O'Connell soon tore by him and was twenty yards to the good at the start of the final relay. D. J. Duggan '20 ran a steady, well-planned race which just managed to stave off Rose's sprint on the third lap. He broke the tape 15 yards ahead of the B. A. A. runner...
...other races of the evening, the University runners did not show to such good advantage, C. E. Dexter '22, being the only representative to place. He was a good second to Leathe of the B. A. A. in the mile run. Wingate Rollins '16 representing the Navy and M. I. T. won both the service and the open 60-yard dash...
President Wilson may speak at the University next Monday, if the efforts being made toward that end by the League of Nations society meet with success. The secretary of the society, E. B. Schwulst '19, said last evening that he thought the chances were good that the President will accept the invitation extended to him through Secretary Tumulty...
...first time in history a great political document has been founded on the principle that what is applicable now will have to be modified by the next generation; that "good" and "bad" are relative terms, especially in politics. No arbitrary rules likely to become entangling precedents for futu4re statesmen are included in the pact. It remains for the people to interpret to modify or expand, and it is over duty as college students to prepare ourselves for the choice we must inevitable make. Whether we believe in President Wilson's ideals, or whether we think him and impractical dreamer...