Word: likenesses
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...testify. But there cannot be a king without snobbery. Not even the meagerest German princeling, fourth in line of succession to a reline for which no average Iowa farmer would trade his fat acres without boot, could exist a day without it. Taken out of the atmosphere of snobbery, like a fish out of water, he would simply give three gasps, two flops and expire. To talk about a democratic king is to talk the sheerest nonsense. There could no more be a democratic king than a live dead man. The terms are mutually exclusive. A king implies snobs...
...accordance with the wish of Mr. Rhodes, the Trustees desire that "in the election of a student to a scholarship, regard shall be had to (1) his literary and scholastic attainments, (2) his fondness for and success in manly outdoor sports, such as cricket, football, and the like, (3) his qualities of manhood, truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness, and fellowship, and (4) his exhibition during the schooldays of moral force of character, and of instincts to lead and take an interest in his schoolmates." Mr. Rhodes suggests that...
...game like baseball or any other team game, a player reaches his best while at college, but drops the game on leaving," said Mr. Niles. "In the case of tennis, which is an individual's sport, the player will keep it up, and frequently reaches his highest standing of play after graduation, as in the case of R. N. Williams '16, former University captain, who became national champion after graduating...
...requirements in Greek. To such students a course in beginning Greek will be offered, though it is not required. Certain subjects are to be demanded of all students in the first two years, though we plan to allow freshmen to select one or two of the newer university studies like biology and modern history, to which they have previously not had access in the early years of their college course...
...that Cornell has won the cup nine times within fourteen years is no argument that this cup winning habit cannot be broken. Within a like period, the University took first honors eleven seasons. However such a boast is no excuse for present shortcomings. The information is given with the expectation that Harvard will lay plans for next year's meet...