Word: met
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...institutions from the old. What shapply marks off scientific experiment in any social science from the ordinary efforts of groups is the control of the conditions under which the experiment is conducted. For control we must have adequate funds trained observers, and accurate recording. All these terms are met in the experiments now under way; and for the first time we may expect to be in possession of results upon the given causes of which we may place reliability...
...American colleges the conditions are favorable for a fairly accurate observation of what is taking place. I have said that the proper conditions of a scientific observation are isolation of the field of observation, the well-trained observer and the accurate recorder. Certainly the first of these conditions is met in most American colleges. The institutions are located in small towns, where the college is the town, and the town is the college. Our Puritan ancestors, who wanted their colleges organized as Roman, Republics in order that the classical experience might be relived by the boys in their teens, have...
With a tooth in the air, and 110,000 (the biggest crowd that ever saw a U. S. football game) in the stands, the Navy met the Army in Chicago. The Navy goat had a room and bath at the Drake hotel- but where was the mule? Running, passing, kicking, Midshipmen Caldwell, Hamilton, Schuber scored twice before the second period was over. Out ran Lighthorse Harry Wilson, Army back, bored to a touchdown; the Navy dropped a punt, the Army scored again, and while guns went off, cornets brayed, airplanes skipped, tanks gamboled, men in blue and men in grey...
...seen and named in 1864, was not climbed until 1873, and no wonder! Now hundreds of people--men, women, and older children--climb it every summer and fish and camp; we passed hunting parties going in for the deer season, September 1, but the country is so immense we met few on the trails. Some young people, ror economy, hire a pack-mule and walk, but the trails are steep and often dusty, so that a horse is a necessity for real pleasure. Our horses were mountain bred, sure-footed, and gentle. We estimated the cost for the six days...
When the University skaters square off against the M. I. T. sextet at the Arena on Friday night, the hockey season will get its 1926 start. This tilt is the only scheduled engagement for the Crimson before Christmas, although several strong Canadian teams may be met during the vacation. With a large number of experienced candidates reporting for daily practice, the prospects for a strong squad are exceedingly bright...