Word: premium
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been added to this a financial question, he may feel that his sporting chance has been supplanted by a plutocratic rule. His loyalty will not waver, but he may feel hurt that his chance to cheer for, fight for, and support his team has been put on a money premium, and that his fair alma mater has taken to playing favorites. This is especially true of the younger alumni to whom the dollar seems more than a curiously designed symbol. And unfortunately so, for theirs is the greatest enthusiasm, and theirs will be the greatest disappointment...
...desirable concomitant to more liberal teaching methods. The general tenor of the report was, "Give them liberty, but give them work." Interesting specifications were: "Too long and possibly too many vacations. . . . Too many of the rewards of college life, of which both parents and students are avid, place a premium on physical and social maturity. ... Our tutorial systems, examinations and honor courses are frank adaptations of English university procedure. We can hardly allow patriotic sentiments to interfere with the effort to employ them...
...favored position of maniacs legally puts a premium on insanity, which forces the shrewdest wrongdoers to put in a plea of lunacy if they are to expect clemency. Modern nations do all in their power to reclaim the hopelessly insane criminal and at the same time punish the sane man of perverted ideals as rigorously as the prevailing idea of justice permits...
...many of the rewards of college life, of which both parents and students are avid, place a premium on physical and social maturity...
Seats for the concert have all been sold, and standing room is at a premium. A limited number will be admitted at the door for dancing after the affair...