Word: one
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...One of the things that most charms the Anglo-Saxon, voyaging either in France or in French literature is the manner in which their types of character, tragic or droll, differ from ours. The great Revolution appeals to us not for its size but because of the dramatic quality of its executions and the fineness and intensity of the aristocrats thrown into relief by the unrestrained, but justly impassioned mob. The gayety of the modern Parisian is something so hard to define, so hard to put your hand on, that it is often a relief after our own boisterous humor...
...that, it is still a theory; nobody has actually induced men to come out and coached them yet. The nearest approach was in class swimming and basketball this year--successful but not successful enough. Physical benefits were derived; there was organization; and still something was lacking. There must be one king-pin, one master mind in charge who can direct and administer an unbroken policy even in these smaller leagues. This is the function of the Director of Athletics...
...than himself. Doubtless the man who first lit a fire with flints had to do it under the ridicule of experts in lighting fire by the method of the fathers, the rubbing of sticks, who knew that they couldn't light a fire with flints and that consequently no one else could do it; and they doubtless invoked the memory of the ancients as eloquently as do the opponents of the League of Nations. --New York Times...
...played outside of New England. The season will prove whether good opponents can be found near home without the necessity of taking long trips for the sole pleasure of playing far away colleges. We must have a strong schedule but it should always be possible to make one up with colleges near at hand...
...Cercle Francais deserves a great deal of credit for the energy displayed in undertaking such an ambitious piece of work. They have not been satisfied with mediocrity in any one of the particulars connected with it. Certainly their efforts are distinctly worthy of the University in whose name they...