Word: moderns
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spite of the fact that men go away to study, Japan is well supplied with modern universities and colleges. There are 5 large and 94 lesser institutions, modeled on the German plan. In Tokio alone there are 112,000 students enrolled in the University of Tokio and in six smaller colleges...
...demands of the modern game is more for speed, speed in the backfield, speed at the ends, speed even in the line. But this is not the kind of speed that has been worshipped too often in the past. It means quick starting, quick turning, a quick choosing of the opening that promises extra yardage, the ability to keep one's feet in a broken field, and always to think at least two yards ahead of one's feet. A ten-second man is useful if he can be taught these other things, but a ten-second...
...navy officers anxious to keep abreast with the theory of their profession, but to the plain man of business who realizes that the isolation of this country has gone forever, that the clash of armies is merely the most violent incident of increasingly sharp trade competition, and that modern doctrines of the conduct of war repose largely on economic foundations...
...especially the large scale application of rotation of crops in regions such as the South where this has been little tried may do much to restore temporarily a stage of increasing returns; and thus cheaper food may be provided for the population. This is a larger aspect of modern agriculture which contains promise, and is another argument for the expert in agriculture...
...Osvald Siren, the famous Swedish scholar and art critic, will lecture on "Primitive and Modern Art" in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Art Museum this evening at 8 o'clock...