Word: plainly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Essays must not exceed 5000 words (a length of 3000 words is suggested as desirable) and must be written, preferably in typewriting, on one side only of plain paper of ordinary letter size. Manuscripts not easily legible will not be considered...
...recent communication on accommodations for visiting football teams I did not seem to make my point clear. I feel--and I believe the majority of Harvard men feel the same way--that it is Harvard's plain duty to accommodate visiting teams as well as it does its own. The editorial answer to my letter really amounts to saying that it is not convenient for Harvard to do this plain duty dictated alike by hospitality and good sportsmanship...
...which, appearing to elect men somewhat according to personality, elects them almost entirely on the basis of official records. The announcements of the society itself are largely responsible for this misconception. Place the responsibility where you will, however, the duty rests with Phi Beta Kappa to make its position plain...
...directly, and accurately. All the graces of an elevated style may be asked of the man who rises to be an editorial writer, a reviewer of books or of plays and pictures and music. But in the beginning the reporter must be content and must be able to state plain facts in a plain way. The young man who expects to enter journalism must teach himself to do this. Flights of speech are out of place in the crisp and concise recording of the everyday facts in the burning of a house or the sale of a piece of property...
Never before in the history of intercollegiate track meets have the experts been at such a loss to pick the winners. The reason for this is plain when it is considered that any one of four colleges has an excellent chance, while two others may prove the "dark horses." These six colleges, are California, Harvard, Cornell, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Yale, with the championship likely to fall to one of the latter four...