Word: latter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...last 25 years, he pointed out, physical improvement has been made by all classes of college men except those holding scholarships. Statistics of Harvard athletes and scholarship men give evidence of the inferior physical development of the latter class. The deficiency on the part of the scholars in our colleges is worthy of grave consideration. If scholarship men cannot be induced to take time to improve their physique, for fear of lowering their college standing, then make physical training a part of the curriculum and give them credit for their standing in their physical work...
...reader's imagination to see al the points of analogy with the first Christmas story, and so burdens his piece with a large number of rather unconvincing characters, and an elaboration of stage setting and appropriate music. Contrast this with "the Littles Shepherd," which comes somewhat later on. The latter is perfectly simple, but sweet and true, leaving a delightful picture...
...contradictions in things, unspirited, be it added, by any immediate desire to correct them. Its expression is a revelation to itself, a, sudden unexpected sparkle and flash refracted from some absurdity. College humor, moreover, should be provincial in accent. The joke-in-general is a last despairing cry. The latter requirement, however, demands more than the humorous eye: there must be oddities-rough edges in tradition, custom, manners, personalities to catch it. Here it is that the Lampoon is at a disadvantage. Life with us is too decent orderly, conventional, grown-up man- nish, and of the world worldly. There...
...first team had little difficulty in winning by a score of 38 to 9. The passing and covering of the first team were excellent, and its team play showed considerable advancement for so early in the season. Brooks and Currie played particularly well, the former throwing eight, and the latter four, of the nineteen baskets scored by the first team. During the first part of the practice Captain Broun wrenched his knee, but he will be able to play again within...
...fallen in love. Louis promises Gringoire that he will spare his life if he succeeds in winning Loyse within the hour. When left alone with her, however, the poet forces himself, by a supreme effort, to keep silence on the subject of the king's command. On the latter's return, Loyse for the first time realizes Gringoire's position, and declares that by the subtlety and sweetness of his conversation he has won her heart. The play ends in the ruin of Oliver and the wedding of Loyse and Gringoire...