Word: picked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...original subject for these debates was changed a few weeks ago to "Resolved, That education is the curse of the present age." This subject was picked in accordance with the wish of the debaters of all three universities for a question with possibilities for an exercise of humor. After the debate the Coolidge prize of $100 will be awarded to that member of the debating teams who has shown the most ability in the preparations for the Triangular debates. Coach H. P. Sharp 1L. will pick the recipient of this prize...
With his educational work Mr. Dana has combined an active interest in the modern drama. He has been closely associated with the progress of the Dramatic Club during the last few years and helped to pick the three plays which were tried out by the three plays which were tried out by the Dramatic Club and which are now running on Broadway...
...evenings' merriment was none other than Lalapunta's pride, Anthony Hogginswifter, president of the Blah. But with no discourtesy intended the choice of old Ant as the boys call him, we feeel it only just to say that the treasurer of the university's humorous publication had the pick of the town. For his dainty young choice was Miss Cynthia Caredge daughter of Lalapunta's own, for her mother, Mrs. Caredge, was a foremost member of the class of '99 and is remembered for her work with the dramatic club in which she took the heavy parts. These were...
...Johns Hopkins trustees recommend the transference of the transitional phase of education which they are relinquishing to the junior colleges. These institutions pick up the loose ends of preparatory training and link them with the first two college years. But deprived of the maturer influence of upper classmen, the youthful student is hardly as well off at the junior college as in the freshman or sophomore class of the ordinary college or university. The opportunities for browsing around libraries, the possibilities of contact with an inspiring lecturer or tutor are much more numerous at the higher institutions. The elimination from...
Later Briand returned too, after an exhausting 72 hours at Geneva. He found Paris bubbling with desire that he succeed himself, reform the cabinet. He said he would refuse. "They have broken the dish on my head," he said, "and now expect me to pick up the pieces." He repeated that he would refuse. He conferred with President Doumergue and still said he would refuse. But the pressure was increasing. With a cabinet drawn slightly more from the Left than last time, he could save the day. He still refused, but his friends gave him little rest?little rest...