Word: matter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Freshman class has selected an unfortunately thoughtless method of presenting their case, inasmuch as the petition printed in yesterday's CRIMSON was the first intimation which the Department of English received of any dissatisfaction. The better way would have been to call the attention of the Department to the matter before resorting to a petition. As in all such instances, the Faculty has a case which, not apparent at first, is of considerable import. The Department of English states that the purely military side of the work is only a fraction of the total requirement for the three...
Yesterday three calls were issued to all red-blooded men to take part in athletics. 140 men responded: about 40 candidates for track, 40 for crew, and 60 for hockey. What's the matter with the other 2,362? There is room for 24 men on the rowing machines at one time. Giving each man a good twenty-minute row, 216 men could have turned out between 2 and 5 yesterday afternoon. The possibility for runners is unlimited. The weather is doing all it can for hockey. Every dormitory and hall should have its team in each one of these...
...winter competition for the literary and business departments of the Advocate will begin tonight. The contest for the literary staff will be of indefinite length, depending on the amount of matter accepted from the candidate. An editor will be in the office, 1388 Massachusetts avenue, opposite the post office building, from 1 to 1.30 o'clock daily to receive and criticize contributions from competitors...
...scheme of national defense which savors of compulsion or armament, whether or not such a course be in fact an expedient one, no proposal concerning military service will ever enjoy widespread support. We should remember, however, that so long as the possibility of war in the future exists, no matter how pleasing the prospect or how buoyant our hopes, it is a matter not only of national honor but of stern necessity, to maintain a trained fighting force as an instrument of defense in time of war. Our nation may count itself fortunate for being saved from huge losses...
...successful institution, one of great and lasting benefit to humanity, the proposed league of nations must be founded on the realities and not the potentialities of international existence,--on what is; not what might be. The chief matter concerning which much of the discussion on this subject lies in error is that not infrequently the parties in debate place an improper degree of faith in the goodness of human nature: too much, as in the case of notable English publicists; too little, as in the case of some of our lesser statesmen in America...