Word: older
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...succession the Essex Club, the 101st Artillery, the 110th Cavalry officers, the 110th Cavalry enlisted men, and the Lancers. The Freshman team may also be entered in these local matches and although they will be much less experienced than their opponents they will get some valuable training from their older adversaries. Later in the year will come the meets with Princeton and Yale and finally the Intercollegiate Tournament in June...
...fact, of some national consequence, was recognized last week by the press of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, New Orleans. Concerning candidates for the Indiana Senate, Senator James E. ("Big Jim") Watson, a Republican opportunist, might well, it was conceded, be beaten by young Albert Stump, whose personality reminded older citizens of how Albert J. Beveridge had looked, and behaved at his age. Evans Woollen, an Indianapolis banker of 62, whose intellectual integrity had hitherto been considered a handicap, appeared to have some chance of beating his opponent, Republican Senator Arthur R. Robinson. So stated, the situation is simple enough...
...combat the apathy, so long prevalent among voters betweeen the age of 21 and 25 that The Republican Associates has been formed. Older men, brought up in the traditions of the torchlight parade when voting was almost a religious duty, still respond to the call and by casting their ballot give a democratic form of government the life blood, which it needs Government, it is said, rests on the consent of the governed. This imposes on all of us--"the governed"--an obligation which under a monarchy we would not have. Unfortunately statistics show that in some cases only about...
...were much bigger tougher, and older than the boys they have now. But as big as they were. Yale was always a little bigger, not that we didn't beat them just the same...
...visible interest. This religious congregation at Yale is merely a new baby, the attraction of all relatives; it is a new Toy, the pet plaything of youth; it is a habit, which one formed is difficult to after at once. The baby will be fondled until it grows older. The Toy will be used carefully until its novelty wears away. The baby will became voluntary until there is no longer any suggestion of compulsion...