Word: pick
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...days had to be postponed to the corresponding days of the following week. The management deserves great credit for the fact that there were no accidents, so that Boston has had two great aviation meets in which no aviator has been hurt. Unlike last year, it is difficult to pick out any star, for nearly at one time or another. Perhaps the most sensational flight was that of Ovington, by which he won the Boston Globe prize of $10,000 for the inter-state cross-country race...
...competitors in most of the events this year are unusually matched and some extremely close finishes are expected. It is hard to pick any particular events as features, inasmuch as all will undoubtedly be of the highest class, but the quarter and the mile perhaps will hold the closest attention of the spectators. While few records are likely to go, many will be closely approached. A number of last year's point winners will compete, but their chances of scoring again can hardly be based on their performances a year ago, because many new stars have been developed...
...first 200 yards Kelley was slowed up somewhat by being obliged to pick his way through the large number of handicap men, but by the 250-yard mark had fought his way to the lead which he held for the rest of the race. Nichols ran a very steady race and was a close second at the finish. H. Jaques, Jr., '11, who had a handicap of 10 yards, and Preble, with 12 yards, fought it out for third, Preble finally winning by a few inches...
There are one hundred and sixty foreigners in the University--the pick of thirty-six nations. They have come for the particular purpose of knowing us; how many of them do we know? Their very presence proves that we have a reputation for friendliness to maintain. But the average undergraduate is doing very little, if anything, to maintain it. There are organizations which we have instituted for the purpose of making our duty more easy of performance, but they have largely lost their significance. The Cosmopolitan Club cannot be effective without individual effort and labors, and moreover, is handicapped...
...Without stopping to criticize" the culture of "A Senior" as displayed in Saturday's CRIMSON, I should like to "ask the question frankly": is it not surprising that "A Senior," presumably having moved among us now for three years, should believe that he could pick his courses solely by consulting the University Catalogue? The undergraduate has additional means of becoming "informed beforehand concerning the nature of his courses": he may look over previous examination papers, he may talk with men who have taken the course in former years, and, in the case of English 2, he may attend the first...