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Word: knowes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...four minutes of play, the Harvard football team found itself. Although many followers are disappointed in the final score, none fail to hall Saturday's achievement as one of the pluckiest exhibitions ever seen in the history of college football. A team which can fight like that does not know when it is defeated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A LONG DISTANCE TO GO. | 11/10/1919 | See Source »

...this will not do. Let us not be afraid of names. If we are to be militaristic let us try the case on its merits and not befog the issue. If universal military training has anywhere proved a guarantee of peace and prosperity, let us know it. If militarism has an odium, let us know that too, and guide ourselves accordingly. J. W. MILLER...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Protection Without Militarism. | 11/6/1919 | See Source »

...Once upon a time there was a Trade Union which grew so big and powerful that it was able to absorb all the other Trades Unions. Ultimately it became know as, The Union, and everybody had to join it. A National Program was drawn up, and a Great Conference was arranged. It was unanimously decided that in the event of the National Program being refused a General Strike should take place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ONE BIG UNION. | 11/6/1919 | See Source »

...When the scholarships were resumed after the war it was decided to give to the men in this country who know most about Oxford the honor of selecting the Rhodes scholars. College presidents have still been retained as chairmen of these committees, as is instanced by the appointment of President Lowell as chairman of the Massachusetts committee. The secretary of this committee is Assistant Professor R. K. Hack of the University, who will give out all information concerning the scholarships to men living within the state...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHOOSE NEW RHODES SCHOLARS | 11/4/1919 | See Source »

...passed the book reappears. Common considerations of honesty and fair play do not deter these people; they brave the fear of discovery and the wrath of the librarian in their omnivorous search for knowledge. To call these people schoolboys is to understate the case; a schoolboy sometimes doesn't know any better...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOARDING BOOKS | 11/4/1919 | See Source »

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