Word: interestingly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...organize a substitute. Undoubtedly the action of the Athletic Association is justified, chiefly on account of lack of time. But there is another argument in favor of it. A great deal of importance is attached to intercollegiate contests; so much that the players devote all their attention and interest to them. At times they become almost professional, with an object of such paramount importance as military preparation in the field, no one can afford to devote to them all that they demand...
Every college graduating class for the last century or so has heard the appeal to take a live interest in public affairs and to get into the midst of political activities. How well the appeal is being answered appears in a recent study of the personnel of Congress, which shows 380 members of the present House and Senate, or nearly three-fourths of the members, who had a collegiate education. No fewer than 173 colleges and universities are represented. The University of Michigan, with 27 representatives, is far in the lead, holding the pennant that it wrested from Yale...
...than five alumni in Congress are state universities. Note also that such great universities as Princeton, Cornell, Columbia and Pennsylvania have only three representatives each, or no more than several of our smaller New England colleges can boast. The figures perhaps prove little, but they have a very real interest, and we get a vivid impression that college friendships, as well as college intellectual training, count in public life when we see a picture of Speaker Clark and Mr. Mann, leader of the opposition, with their arms across each other's shoulders at a college fraternity reunion. Boston Herald...
...meeting tonight is open to all members of the University and of Technology who are interested in radio work, or who are considering the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps as a means of serving the country. It will be of particular interest to the men under 21 who are not qualified for army commissions...
...regular track, baseball and crew coaches are available every day, and more attention can be given to individual coaching now than heretofore. In the interest of economy the Weld Boathouse will be closed until further notice, but men with lockers there may transfer without charge to Newell. The tennis courts are available as usual. For the present the baseball coaches will conduct practice and scrub games at 3 o'clock daily. The track and rowing will continue at the convenience of the men reporting. In the absence of the usual spring practice the football men not in other sports should...