Word: presentably
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...present system of athletic training at West Point is so different from that of most colleges that a brief description of it might be of interest to Harvard men. Twenty-five years ago no general participation in athletics, as distinguished from the course in calisthenics, gymnastics, fencing, boxing, wresting and riding required of all cadets, was necessary. Participation in the major sports as well as in tennis; golf, polo, etc., was optional and no instruction was provided for those who took up tennis or golf, which, incidentally, could be played only on Wednesday or Saturday afternoons...
...impressive ceremony on Boston Common tomorrow morning, Governor Allen will present to the West Point Cadets twelve gold spear heads, adorned with the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on one side and that of the United States on the other, as a gift of the State Senate to the United States Military Academy. These spear heads are designed to be used on the company guidons, and are about eight inches long and beautifully designed with an attractice dull finish...
...increasing number of men interested in the music. Mechanically an increase in numbers could readily be taken care of by having an extra assistant in each course, and any danger of their being crowded with men who considered them as "snaps"--as they are reputed to be at present--could be avoided by raising the standards of required work...
...they were to glance about with a little more regard for facts and a little loss regard for their own enviable position, the story would be of quite another color; and a color more favorable to the pathetic, abused Orphans of the Culture Reform storms: the wild present generation...
...this case it deals with the sale of phonograph records; and the fact is rather amazing. At a record store in the vicinity of the college, of the total sale a little over a year ago, about ninety-three per cent, were jazz or popular music. At the present time the seven per cent, has risen to forty-five per cent ... approximately, and seems to be increasing...