Word: named
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...ordination of various activities of the schools and colleges of the country "in the name of America and in the spirit of Roosevelt" is the purpose of the new Roosevelt-America League. Mr. John Finley has made public a statement which outlines the plans and program of this league whose object is to perpetuate "the spirit which this extraordinary man incarnated." Part of the program includes summer camps in Roosevelt's "old west...
...name mentioned in this incident is fictitious, but the occurrence is a true one, Mr. Straus does not contend--nor does anyone else--that it is typical of college men in general. The "superior" type is, fortunately, becoming relatively scarce. An examination of the names of men of achievement appearing in "Who's Who" shows that only one uneducated child in one hundred and fifty thousand is able to accomplish anything that entitles him to honorable mention in the progress of his state; that children with common-school education win out four times as often; that a high school diploma...
...composed of those of us in the University who are, so to speak, historically-minded. Few men know or care about the history of Harvard or treasure its traditions--the men who make up this society and carry on its good work are those few among us who can name two presidents of the University who served before President Eliot...
...simple matter it looks to be to name the country's largest university. Choice depends entirely on whether one is ready to grant that men and women enrolled in extension courses, night courses and summer schools are really university students. But in the figures below students in extension and night courses are omitted...
...Camp, Parke H. Davis, and their associates of the Rules Committee was respected in spirit and letter by the American soldiers. They always heeded the injunction that "the football player who intentionally violates a rule is guilty of unfair play and unsportsmanlike tactics" and "brings discredit to the good name of the game." --New York Times...