Word: poore
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...luxuries of life are relative to the character and station of people, to the location and temperament of nations, and to the advancement of civilization. To the poor an automobile is a luxury; to the business man or statesman it is a necessity. Fur coats are indispensable in Norway while they are far from necessary in the more temperate regions of the earth. A Hottentot considers the necessaries of civilization the height of luxury. When interpreted in this light there are few things of daily life which do not in some way answer important needs of society...
...York too late to be included in the list of institutions entered, but the late entries will be allowed. Fifteen names were on the list but it is still undecided how many, if any, will take, part in the meet. Since the material on the whole is so poor, the team is entered not to uphold the University's track standards, but rather as a group of individuals and as a reward for the season's training. The entries for this meet follow...
...seem as though a labor conscription policy would bring the most efficient results in spite of the opposition that the powerful Labor Party would be bound to make. Conscription is always odious, but it is the only fair method of selection and it would strike rich as well as poor. The man who is drafted for labor has very little ground for objection, compared to the person chosen for trench service and a labor draft is the one and only way to put the workmen, manual and intellectual, in the places where they would do the most good...
Eleven innings were necessary yesterday afternoon before the Radio School nine was able to push across the runs which broke the tie, thus defeating the University in their sixth game of the season by a score of 8 to 5. As usual, unsteady work in the field and poor base-running contributed largely to the home team's downfall...
...also left College to enter the Fourth O. T. C. Camp. He was in the box against the Portland Naval Reserves and pitched a short time in the game with Camp Devens. In the former engagement he would probably have scored a shut-out had it not been for poor support. S. H. Johnson '20 will now be regular second-string pitcher, as H. M. Erb '20 has also entered Government service...