Word: hopes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...less degree the society man. More significant of the place which this topic is holding just now in the university world is the fact that it was the theme of two thirds of all the essays submitted. The submerged tenth, it would thus appear, is not altogether without hope of emerging from the obscurity that is the lot of the harmless, necessary scholar, into something of the light that beats so fiercely upon a gridiron. The griev- ance of these intellectuals is not simply the monopoly of college yells and admiring glances that greet the football captain wherever...
...come to perform these duties of citizenship they will realize more and more the necessity of them and their benefits, and will take more pride and pleasure in doing them, until, let us hope, the man who honorably and zealously does his duties will be deemed and applauded just as worthy of praise as a soldier who has gallantly gone through battle...
Tomorrow and Saturday will see the Intercollegiate Track Meet again in the stadium. We cannot hope for a better meet than was held there two years ago under ideal weather conditions, when the finest athletes of the country met and records went to smash. This year we are sure only of the finest athletes, and even among these there seems to be a doubtful choice of winners. It is a privilege for Harvard to have such a meet on her field again, in return for which we can give our rivals and guests a cordial welcome and a sportsmanlike reception...
...longer what it was "when Godfrey lead the foremost of the Franks" or when "an Englishman would rather split his ship and fall into the hands of God than into the hands of Spain." Fighting now is done with great soulless machines. There is no hope or purpose or meaning in it. "War has lost the vitality that it once had; it is a dead thing, a peril to the social body...
...crew over the pupils of such a past-master in rowing instruction as Coach Courtney alleviates somewhat the disappointment rising from the loss of the varsity race. Both victories, coming at a depressing moment in the athletic situation, were of a character which encourages us to hope for success in the final and most important contests of the season...