Word: parallelism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Under Assistant Coach P. E. Wilson '23, the yearling skaters have already been put through light shooting and passing drills at the Hemenway Gym, and considerable time has been devoted to a careful explanation of the Harvard style of team-play, the parallel offense and the checking defense...
...Massachusetts above what her true quota was. On the other hand, though I wish to emphasize that I do not mean any reflection upon the patriotism of the Southern men, South Carolina gave 9959 men less than she should have given under the draft calls, and this parallel can be traced through the other states I have mentioned. If this injustice had continued four years instead of two, the just resentment against this infamous procedure on the part of the War Department would in deed be overwhelming. Yet this sectional application of the Selective Draft Act is typical of what...
...also suggests that we admit more immigrants at times when we need labor than in times when labor is plenteous, but this idea seems filled with many objections. Great confusion would result. It would work hardships on the immigrants. Labor conditions are apt to be parallel in different countries, and at times when we most needed them they would not want to come and vice versa...
...such defect is the proposal of having two parallel complete systems of education at Harvard, the present system and one based on what the supporters of the Educational Association would term the English system. Such a duplication of effort would be impossible to maintain at any University. A second, and more surprising fault is the expression of opposition to a scheme whereby tutors may grade the examination papers of their own pupils. No such scheme exists at Harvard now, or ever did, so far as can be ascertained...
...Western eleven uses a formation, uncommon in the east, in which the four backs are placed in a straight line parallel to the line of scrimmage. This gives added strength on end runs, but makes line-plunging less powerful. The elimination of the quarterback makes trick plays difficult from this formation, but the Westerners will undoubtedly uncover many variations of their basic formation...