Word: interest
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...influence of the home in regard to the intellectual and moral ideals of boys and girls. Parents should begin the training of their children early, and be more strict in refusing their children pleasures that will interfere with their school-work. There should be some real home interest in the life of the community and a real endeavor to interest the child in the best literature by reading aloud. The table conversation should not be on the malfeasances of the cook, the fluctuations of the stock market, or the doings of the neighbors, but on matters of larger interest, such...
...same number entered the scrub hockey series, which was unfortunately forestalled by the breaking up of winter; last fall 14 eight-oared crews took part in the inter-dormitory bumping races; and 214 men ran in the fall handicap meet. Such figures as these certainly show no lack of interest in strictly intercollegiate sport...
...this condition been brought about through any withdrawal of interest from intercollegiate athletics. Never have our University teams been more heartily supported by contestants as well as spectators. Side by side we find intercollegiate and intercollegiate athletics at their best...
...still the cry is heard that intercollegiate athletics are absorbing all the interest, while sports within the University are being kept alive under false pressure...
...achieved. There was no intention to compare the Political Club with the partisan organizations proper, merely with their very apparent energy. In the future at any rate we may expect to see the club take an active part in affairs; and the appeal of our contributor for a wider interest and better support deserves, at this crucial time, a hearty and general response...