Word: preferment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...certainly too bad that hockey cannot be played in front of an open fire, but the nature of the sport seems to preclude the idea. Doubtless the football team would prefer to practice in morrischairs; the swimming team would like to hold their races in bathtubs. Doubtless, but --. Harvard men do not always spend their time avoiding disagreeable work. Our much-envied string of victories over Yale and Princeton proves that there are some men in College who are not afraid of cold weather or hard, unpleasant, grinding practice...
...America and the Legion that through the accident of birth a man should be persecuted and restricted in his business. The playing of beautiful music cannot possibly work harm to the Legion, while it gives pleasure and relaxation to many people. If the members of the American Legion prefer not to listen to Mr. Kreisler, there is nothing that forces them to do so. They should do proud that their cities are cultured enough to warrant Mr. Kreisler's appearance...
Professor Levy-Bruhl said that Americans had heard much about the efficiency of German education, because the Germans themselves talked about it, but little about French schools, because they were rarely mentioned in this country. "Judging by results, however," said Dr. Levy-Bruhl, "I prefer the French education...
Three hundred and fifty men seem to prefer the cafeteria system and have chosen Foxcroft Hall as their eating place. The attendance at the two University dining halls now equals that of any normal pre-war year. It was only exceeded when the large dining rooms became the mess hall for the Naval Radio School...
...matter to G. A. Percy '19, first marshal of his class. He said that the class of 1918 was to hold a dinner on Monday evening, June 16, and was also planning to hold some sort of a reunion on Class Day. He said further that he would prefer to have the 1918 men join in their own activities rather than those of the Seniors. Accordingly it was decided that men of the class of 1918 will not share in any of the Senior activities. However, they may procure Class Day tickets on the regular graduate application blanks...