Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Candidates for the literary and business departments of the Advocate will be called out next Tuesday, February 29, when a smoker will be given in the sanctum on the third floor of the Union. All those who possess ability in writing, whether fiction, articles, or verse, are urged to report for the literary department...
...issue seems clear. Either we are in no danger that cannot be met by adequate coast-defenses, besides such an army and navy as we have thought ourselves to possess, or the danger is such that we must prepare to mobilize all the resources of the country in men and means after the French or German plan. P. N. CRUSIUS...
...University. Captain Nash is a hard hitter and clever fielder; G. E. Abbot '17 at second is a master of the pivot work around the keystone station, and while not rated a heavy hitter, is a difficult man to pitch to and fast on the bases. Both these men possess the "baseball brains" without which mere mechanical perfection of execution is often valueless...
...same time more interesting sort than that of a preparatory school. And ability to cram for entrance examinations and pass them is no proof of the vision and depth which is needed for scholarship of the higher sort. These men have given some indication that they possess the power of application. That application plus penetration and an unquenchable intellectual curiosity and honesty will be needed to bring scholarly honors in College. It is dangerous to rest on one's laurels...
...most powerful, and perhaps the only, means which we still possess of interesting men in the welfare of their country is to make them partakers in the government." LLOYD REILLY...