Word: prevail
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...civilization is collapsing in a gigantic cataclysm. We don't regret it too much. The inspiration for that civilization was so profoundly materialistic . . . But that which collapses must be replaced. Will the church be present in the work of reconstruction? Will her conception of man and life prevail? Will the result be Christian? That is our preoccupation...
...attitude seems to prevail in the Harvard administration that high academic standards and a winning football team are simply impossible of reconciliation. They need reflect but a moment to see that this is not a unique theory: the University of Chicago abandoned intercollegiate athletic competition some years back, and I see no tangible proof of greater academic strides since then. Obviously, I do not propose that it is possible to assemble eleven Barry Woods or Whizzer Whites. However, I seriously question whether Harvard's academic superiority over its fellow institutions is equal to its exhibited inferiority on the athletic field...