Word: portions
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...good football games. The Harvard-Yale football game is not the only good football game in the country, but the Yale race is almost the only four-mile race. The races on the Charles are short and there is no way to see more than a portion...
...before June 1, everyone who has not already done so should make a point of sending in his pledge at once. Those who have lost the cards may obtain others on application to the Treasurer, either in person or in writing. And those who can pay all or a portion of their pledges at this time, will confer a great favor on the class by so doing, as a great deal of money is necessary for the expenses of Class Day. In any event, however, it is essential that pledges from the entire class be received as soon as possible...
...clinging to traditions and sentiments to a large degree. However, the time has now come when one of the papers realizes fully the advantages of the proposal and is willing to sacrifice some of the past in order to give Harvard a stimulating and really literary magazine. Only a portion of the other board is now the obstacle to the application of the proposal, and it is a pity that a minority should oppose the desires and interests of the entire academic community. Harvard should be represented by a literary magazine that represents the best in a literary way that...
...subject of athletics President Lowell urges against the over-emphasis of intercollegiate matches to the neglect of the physical welfare of the mass of students, and sounds a warning against the evils of commercialism. Perhaps the least enthusiastic portion of the report is this discussion of undergraduate athletics, which, though optimistic in tone, shows clearly the desire for a better adjustment of collegiate endeavor...
...mere umpire between contending parties, and not as an agent of the commonwealth to settle controversies on their merits. The American public has lost some of its old faith in the judge as a protecting agent for carrying out the substantial requirements of law and justice. Some considerable portion of the public from time to time gets much interested, through the newspapers, in this game of council umpired, by the judge. They admire and applaud the ingenuity and spirit with which counsel take technical points for their clients, and the public press often sympathizes with and encourages this misdirected admiration...