Word: lays
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...inexperienced an equal chance for exercise, are slighted. Of the remedies suggested to increase the practice of regular daily exercise among undergraduates, two at least are pertinent. In the first place all shall appreciate its necessity and benefits; in the second, having gained such appreciation, they shall lay aside the often founded fear of being laughed at and try their talents at an organized sport...
President Maclaurin explained that the union is "an agreement between independents." It does not involve the absorption of one corporation by another. Each is as free as ever to lay down any regulations it pleases, whether in the selection of courses or in their administration...
Twenty-one colleges had representatives at this meeting. The choice of location lay between Harvard, Pennsylvania, Syracuse, and Johns Hopkins. The latter withdrew its application; and on the first ballot, Pennsylvania, having the lowest number of votes dropped out. The final vote was 12 for Harvard to 9 for Syracuse...
...recommendation of the I. A. A. A. A. seems therefore particularly timely. Group competition should encourage the lay student to "come out" as he does not now Further it ought to broaden the area of competition in as-much as the small colleges and the western colleges which have less chance under what might be called the capitalistic system of athletics will now have more of a reasonable prospect of the "placing". It is to be hoped that an effort will be made to bring in some of our western friends...
...believe that Harvard is not alone so priggishly indifferent to youthful effervescence after all. "The Function of P. B. K." (if the printer has no Greek letters, why can't it be written Phi Beta Kappa?) sounds learned; but we advise Mr. Potter, when writing for our lay minds, to write simply. He is absolutely right in what he says, but he should strive to put the spirit which carries conviction into his words. Of Battery A. Mr. Chandler '14 has given us an enlightening account. He has succeeded not by the use of well-written English, but by that...