Word: interest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...ruling to college games will be played, but this decision may be changed by the athletic conference with Yale and Princeton. However, a long schedule with service, club, school and professional teams is being arranged. As many home game son Saturdays will be secured as possible in order that interest in the nine may be sustained...
...offers the last chance for members of this class to be elected to the Board. These candidates will be required to write a certain number of editorials each week on subjects which may or may not be directly related to the University, but must, of course, be of special interest to the student body. Writers will ordinarily be allowed to choose their own subjects...
...witty undergraduate gave proof of that fact when he declared that under no conditions would he let his studies interfere with his college education. President Wilson showed his grasp of the situation when he said that he believed the side-shows of college life had diverted the interest and attention of students from the main issue. An author--an alumnus of Yale--puts these word into the mouth of one of his characters: "The American colleges and universities today are splendidly equipped institutions organized for the prevention of learning." One writer refers to the college as an "educational vermiform appendix...
Inasmuch as aspirants for the news staff will be required to cover the various University activities and to obtain outside news of legitimate interest, the training received will be a valuable aid to any who contemplate journalistic careers. Success in the business competition will depend on the number of advertisements secured and the amount of office work done: while editorial candidates will be asked to write regularly on subjects concerned with the University, the war and problems of general interest...
...editorial competition, open only to Juniors, affords members of 1919 their last opportunity to make the Board. Candidates will be required to write a certain number of editorials each week on questions of particular interest to the University. The two new competitions for Sophomores and Freshmen respectively will be conducted separately, so that the first year men will be at no disadvantage. This is the last news competition open to 1920, and the first open to 1921. The work will consist in covering and writing of new of general interest to members of the University...