Word: pathe
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...established to prevent long forward passes at the expense of kicking, especially as the penalty for an "incomplete" forward pass is lessened; and, except on the line of scrimmage and by the recovery of the ball by an opponent, the receiver of the pass is unhindered in his path to the ball...
...that standard alone is of inestimable value. So long as he is told that any sixteen courses are, in the opinion of the college authorities, equivalent to any others, it is natural that he should often be careless in their choice, and that he should seek the path of least resistance. But when he is given a standard he is likely to feel a stronger motive for working not perfunctorily but well...
...undergraduates the change must prove a notable gain. "So long as the student is told that any 16 courses are, in the opinion of the College authorities, equivalent to any others, it is natural he should often be careless in their choice, and that he should seek the path of least resistance...
President Harris of Amherst emphasized the fact that the true value of a college course is the training of men for the service of life. It has become a path to a useful and productive career; but it should be above all a cultural work rather than a vocational training...
...spring rains come, the water percolates through this body, causing the bottom of it to melt away. The immense mass, weighing hundreds of tons, then starts on its swift course down the chasm, tearing everything before it. One picture showed how a slide had cut a straight, narrow path directly through a forest, and in one instance had driven a log completely through a larger tree. The momentum of these slides coming from such a height and in such great mass is almost incalculable...