Word: hoping
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Paul's Society. Meeting in Phillips Brooks House. "The Advent Hope," by Professor H. E. W. Fosbrooke...
...action just taken by the Yale students in endeavoring to free the managerial elections from the yoke of fraternity domination will be salutary. Nevertheless, election, even when purged of all impurities, can never hope to compare favorably with competition based on efficiency; for it will never secure men so absolutely familiar with their jobs, and so thoroughly competent to administer them. Competition has the further advantages that it fosters democracy by throwing the candidate in with men of every kind, and that it furnishes the most important non-athletic activity in college. Finally, it brings out latent ability rather than...
...will deny, furthermore, that a tactical knowledge of the Manual of Arms is of some use to a prospective recruit. The General Staff doubtless is not satisfied with the work done in this line in state colleges and preparatory schools providing military training--we sincerely hope it is not--but this seems all the more reason for establishing a University battalion to see if we cannot more nearly approach that degree of efficiency which will satisfy the General Staff. And since, in addition to a sound physique and a knowledge of chemistry, emphasized by Dr. Sargent, it is necessary...
Cornell's football team will suffer heavily by graduation next year, not so much in numbers as in the quality of the men. The graduation of Barrett will be a serious blow. The coaches cannot hope to find his equal in years, and will have to seek to make up by all-around team strength what they lose in the departure of this unusual players. He has done more for Cornell football than any man in the history of athletics at Ithaca, and largely through his own brilliant playing has the team gone through the season without a defeat. Collins...
...therefore, very much interested in trying to induce others to take up this branch of the national defence, build aeroplanes, and be as expert as possible in handling them. I sincerely hope that the College will take up the teaching of aviation both from the theoretical and practical side, and perhaps the Aero Club of New England might be able to co-operate with the college authorities in the way of practical instruction...