Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...question to think will permanently continue in the United States. The first step away from this difficulty was taken by Columbia some twenty years ago when it introduced the so called combined course into the professional schools, permitting the saving of at least one year. This combined-course idea rapidly spread throughout the country and is now adopted by most of the leading universities, barring a few conservative institutions in the East. A slight modification of this system was later introduced at Columbia in the Schools of Engineering, Mining, and Chemistry, which were put upon a basis of advanced standing...
...heavy Davy shell lost two races to the seconds; then the seconds took the heavy shell and the regulars won by a good margin. The difference cannot be blamed entirely on the shells, however, as the crew that wins twice is liable to lose a third race. The idea of the heavy shell is to keep the boat going on the recovery. The crew is now back in a Sims shell, 20 pounds lighter than the Davy...
...game which was to be played between Yale and Tufts at New Haven yesterday afternoon was called off because of rain. The postponement of this game was a disappointment to many baseball fans, as it was thought that the showing of the Yale team against Tufts would give some idea as to Yale's chances in the series with the University. Tufts has an exceptionally strong team this year. Because of the late date in the season it may be impossible to hold the game...
...pieces, time alone will tell. He knows his business concerning this Blue crew--or is supposed to--and in the end those adherents of the Blue who are beginning to doubt may find all their misgivings resolved into emotions inspired by a victory over Harvard. The writer's personal idea of the Yale crew was that it needed a certain balance, a certain shifting about--not necessarily a casting out of the men who rowed as regulars at Ithaca. But Mr. Nickalls gained his own conclusions from what he saw at Ithaca, and has acted upon them. He, to fall...
However, an occasional reading of headlines will never give one a comprehensive idea of the forts surrounding Verdun, or of a particular sector on the western front. In the Sunday editions of the daily papers, and in a few periodicals there are reviews of every weeks developments in the war zone by a military expert. These articles give one in a condensed form all the important strategic moves which have been officially reported during the week, and also the probable success or failure of the offensive campaign in question. A careful reading of the weekly reviews as a supplement...