Word: matter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...final debate, candidates shall speak for ten minutes before three judges, who shall award the medal on the ground of subject matter and style...
...same time believing that the very strength of the argument against him is due to some subtle twist of logic that lawyers only are capable of using. He who doubts this need only to accost the first laborer he meets and lead him into a discussion of the matter...
...matter of policy to be followed in the employment of football coaches was also thoroughly discussed but no definite announcement of decision can yet be made on that subject. The Chairman and Graduate Treasurer were authorized to select and employ a baseball coach for the Freshman team...
...question of awarding numerals to the Freshman hockey team, in spite of the fact that there was no game with Yale, was referred to the Student Council with the request that they express an opinion in the matter. And the awarding of the "H" to managers of the University football, baseball teams and the crew of 1917 as well as of the 1917-18 hockey team, although there were no competitions with Yale in that year on account of the war, was discussed, and likewise referred to the Student Council...
...Money-grubbers and little-brothers-to-the-rich feel in his indigence a power which deprives them of breath. It is part of the show that he should be poor. Dress him in the fashion, slip a yellow-back into his pocket, clap him into a limousine, and, no matter how brilliant he may be, he is useless, he has lost his spell...