Word: honorers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...CRIMSON extends its congratulations to Professor Taussig '79 upon his election as a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. This signal honor which transcends the narrow bounds of countries and continents cannot add to a reputation already established internationally, for Professor Taussig's contributions to the science of economics have already won him recognition as a profound scholar and high authority. This latest honor is the more noteworthy since of the nine Americans now holding Corresponding Fellowships of the British Academy, five are Harvard men and four of those are members of the faculty...
...appended verdict upon collegiate football handed down from the editorial bench of "Judge" is a highly significant expression of the reaction of mature minds against the overemphasis which is now being placed upon football in the colleges of the country. The CRIMSON does not support His Honor in urging the substitution of some other "form of intellectual exercises for football." But it readily understands how such opinions can be entertained by elder men who are dismayed and disgusted at the spectacle of the million dollar stadium, the ten-thousand dollar coach and the burly athlete throwing into complete eclipse...
...three out of five in the final matches will be required in both singles and doubles. Some of the strongest contenders for the title won last year by T. Harada, champion of Japan and member of the Japanese Davis Cup team this year, are expected to via for the honor again this fall. Among them are J. F. W. Whitbeck '27, and L. H. Gordon '27 and P. M. Lenhart '27, last years semi-finalists in doubles...
Bates College, as the home of the plan for international debates, had the honor of meeting Oxford in England and the further honor of being the fosterer of the first trip of an Oxford team to this country, a trip which took place in the fall of 1922. The first encounter had been held at the Oxford Union, scene of a matching of wits by many a future statesman of England. There the austere audience and the weight of tradition of the English system of debate, a system new to the Americans, proved too much for the invaders who were...
...somewhat to excite him. He took three putts on the green, and a caddy wrote 6 on his scorecard. Watch Fob was one up. On Hole 2, Watch Fob put his approach up behind a tree, and his clumsy attempt to bunt it onto the the green gave the honor back to Grey Breeks. Watch Fob was Willie MacFarlane, U. S. Open Champion. Grey Breeks was James Barnes, British Open Champion. They were playing for the "Unofficial Championship of the World...