Word: lots
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Ordinarily the life of a diplomat offers much that is attractive to a college graduate. But in the majority of cases the attendant difficulties forbid his participation and he casts Lis lot with an occupation that is more assuring for the future. Our growing trade relations is only one of the many reasons why our position today demands an increasingly competent handling of international affairs. A few tentative steps have already been taken toward the improvement of the consular service. Conditions authoritatively claim an immediate and wide-sweeping reconstruction of that body, the diplomatic corps and their common connections...
Beginning with today all Seniors whose last names commence with an A or B must make appointments at Notman's for the Senior Album pictures. By doing so now they will save the Senior Album Committee a lot of unnecessary trouble and will give Seniors with initial letters further down in the alphabet a chance to make appointments before it is inconveniently late. In addition, those men who are to graduate at Midyears must make their appointments at once. It is absolutely necessary that they do so immediately...
...priggish one. Harvard, I understand, aims to make the students work, while the atmosphere of Oxford is merely to have a nice time and learning is very little forced on the men who go there. This Oxford idea, you know is a great deal better than having a lot of priggish science thrust on one. But after all, Oxford isn't a university; it is simply the playground for the English gentry...
Lothrop, at six, was the strong man of the crew. He has quite a lot to learn, but he has improved remarkably, and is very teachable. It was due to his and Coates's efforts that their crew won, and they proved as formidable a combination in the middle of the boat as Lucas and Raikes did last year. Lothrop is a really fine worker; he weighs almost 13st., and certainly pushes every ounce of his weight. He has a good long swing and does not bend his arms a moment too soon, as so many modern heavyweights are inclined...
...Willard is right. Americans ought to be thankful for their lot and confident even in the midst of difficulties and losses. We have now a plenty, but they will be overcome. The restorative powers of the country are unparalleled and they have not been impaired. --Chicago Tribune