Word: man
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...Coach rice is an experienced leader, and although he has been obliged to make numerous eleventh-hour shifts in the Columbia boat, he will probably send out a very powerful crew. The University eight was considerably set back by Captain Severance's resignation in February, but fortunately a good man was available to take his place immediately, and no changes have been made since that time. The race today will be an excellent try-out for both the crews, and we trust that it will mark the beginning of another successful rowing season at Harvard...
...work was very light, consisting of short stretches, Coach Wray paying special attention to eradicating the slight individual faults of the men. A few racing starts were tried. The afternoon work was much the same. The crew rowed up to the end of the long stretch above the Still-man Infirmary and back. The boat seemed to go well, the body recovery of the men being much faster than on Wednesday when the whole crew was noticeably slow in this respect...
...every form of government and in every society there is necessarily class distinction. A successful democracy must recognize social order, it must recognize and reward intelligence and education. The democratic motto, "I'm as good as you," is not honestly lived up to. It is impossible for an educated man to believe that intelligence does not bring social advancement...
...smoker was a most enjoyable evening, filled with infinite jest; yet I fear Judge Grant in his preamble hit it off very well--"Why not trot the poor old scholar out?" There was a certain sign of patronage for the scholar on the part of the man of the world, in which the poet joined. I should have been glad if the dignity of scholarship had been a bit more emphasized...
...terse directness of Kipling's style. In "The Army of Unalterable Law" Mr. Pulsifer tries to show a larger principle in the universe; somewhat of the same nature is Mr. Follett's "Star-Wondering" in which he sets the stars to pondering the old question which the first thinking man proposed to himself, the question which played so large a part in the schemes of the early Greek physical philosophers--"What is this world about us?" Like Odysseus, Mr. Blythe communes with his soul and dreams brave dreams. Mr. Tinckom-Fernandez writes in honor of the memory of Walter Pater...