Word: keen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Prior to his day the college course was a thing apart by itself--a survival of the past. Its classrooms were the scene of keen competition among a few high stand men; its studies were a source of dignified pleasure to those who had a taste for books. But they had no bearing, or very little, on the life which the student was to lead afterwards. His preparation for politics or business lay in the extra-curriculum activity of the place, not in its direct teaching. Charles William Eliot demanded that the teaching should be interesting; that it should...
...third round of the interclass squash tournament has just been played. With over 40 members of each class showing a keen interest in the game, the formation of class teams is imminent. When the tournament closes in a few days, the 12 best players will be chosen and placed on a ranking list. The others will then be given the opportunity of challenging them for a position on the list. After the Christmas recess, regular class teams will be chosen and scheduled matches arranged...
Coach Edward Bigelow made a final decision on the starting goal guard following yesterday's practice when he selected Joe Morrill to guard the cage for the start of tonight's game over his closest competitor for the position, Westy Adams. The competition for the regular position is still keen, however, and it is by no means certain that Morrill will continue to hold down the starting job in every game this season...
...type of intersectional competition which has all the purported advantages and none of the disadvantages of east-west and north-south football games. International debating is neither an advertising medium nor a gladiatorial spectacle. It is tainfed with neither professionalism nor commercialism. It is a meeting of keen wits from different parts of the country on common ground. In a more limited sphere it serves the same purpose as international debating, that of wider understanding...
...school need not send any of its students to Harvard. The offer provides that the award go to that school of which seven graduates as a team attain the highest average on College Board Examinations embracing the four major fields of each of the individuals concentration. The competition was keen. Boston Latin won with an average of 88.93; Hotchkiss was a close second with...