Word: levelling
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Norton's other remarks are somewhat inaccurate, but I'm sure he meant no injury. Stanford is unique in its beauty and when one has lived on the "Farm" he finds it difficult not to place Stanford on a higher level than other institutions as regards dormitories and school equipment. The dormitories of Harvard are somewhat older than those of Stanford and perhaps their environment is not so beautiful, for nature lends a helping hand in making the buildings and surroundings at Stanford beautiful as they...
...least 10,000 military aviators will be required to supplement it properly. Aviators must be young men in the prime of life and in the best of health, and, furthermore, the successful military aviator must have the equivalent of a college education or at least be on a level intellectually with the average college undergraduate." He pointed out that the French and German aviators at the beginning of the war were mostly chauffeurs who had to carry officers with them to make the necessary observations. Lately, however, the aviators have been drawn from men of officer calibre...
...universal service can be successfully claimed only when there exists a lively and universal sense of obligation for benefits received--and that the benefits are not yet sufficiently apparent. If, on the other hand, such anti-conscriptionist sentiment does not materialize among some of the groups in the lower level of the social scale which have recently shown their political power and solidarity (I mean the labor unions, of course) Harvard men may well feel thankful and proud of their country and its government. At any rate they can recognize that the prompt vote here today is only the preliminary...
...rink is to be built in the marshy part of Soldiers Field before the ground is frozen. By digging down a few feet the water level will be reached and thus a permanent natural pool will be established where there will be ice as soon as on any pond. This will be of great neip to the second and Freshman teams who have had much trouble finding suitable ice nearby in the past...
...field goal the University attempted, but Neville, Comerford and Legore each tried one unsuccessfully for Yale. All three were from beyond the 40-yard line and the only one that approached success was Comerford's placement kick from the 42-yard line, which hit the upright almost on a level with the cross...