Word: interests
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Also in the field of law does Justice Stone stand strongly forth. No legal job is too hard for him to tackle. Well has he always guarded the public interest. Within him is centered a broad and understanding humanity to temper his justice. Tackle, guard or centre-Justice Stone has always been a comfort to the coach, in Washington as on the Amherst Gridiron...
...latest intercollegiate league has been begun with the avowed purpose of re-awakening college interest in baseball. With this effort the Harvard Athletic Association can sympathize. College baseball has been failing lately before the gains made by track, tennis and other outdoor spring sports. Whether or not new life can be given it through the medium of a league of leading colleges playing for a championship is a question of which the attempted solution will be watched with attention. H.A.A. News
...part of those in charge of it to make it a really significant affair. Although the changes are of minor importance and do not basically alter the nature of the competition, they do clearly indicate that the New York Times is taking more than a purely commercial interest in the enterprise...
...student whose major interest is either government or history there often appears to be a lack of instruction in contemporary questions. Such a condition is inevitable in an institution such as Harvard which limits its teaching to fields in which the material is fact and not fancy. Past experience has shown that with current events all the pertinent facts are sifted out only through the mills of time...
...fact that a student is unable to follow the events of the day in some organized lecture course is however, no reason for his ignoring them completely. Inevitably some of them will have an effect on his future life and as a result should call forth a vital interest on his part. If the New York Times contest can help to stimulate this interest, it is fulfilling a role which the college cannot adequately handle and its existence is fully justified...