Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...teams. But when over 125 men take part in a minor sport series after a particularly interesting year of intercollegiate contests, this attitude seems to be unfounded. Scrub basketball, dormitory track and rowing, and Leiter Cup baseball are becoming more and more popular, and we trust that nothing will prevent the occurrence of such series every year...
...Corporation has again come nobly to the rescue of Memorial Hall and guaranteed that the weekly price of board shall not exceed $5 during the months of February and March. We hope that nothing will prevent this guarantee from becoming permanent as it is of great value to the Dining Association...
...prevent such a desertion is the task before the newly elected management. Merely urging men to join or to stay at the Hall will not solve the problem. What people want is a comfortable place to eat, satisfactory food, and a reasonable charge. We cannot believe that this is too much to expect and we earnestly hope that the new president and directors will discover the means...
...silent during these months following President Eliot's resignation on the subject of his successor. It has preferred to enjoy the efforts of the outside press in instructing its readers about the various candidates. From time to time declarations have been made that nothing short of providential interference could prevent the selection of this or that man. These announcements have been made practically out of whole cloth as the Corporation is not in the habit of communicating its deliberations to outsiders except through formal records after decisions have been reached. During this period of speculation by outsiders the Corporation...
...Iowa was built. Throughout his career he always commanded respect for himself and his road by consideration and kindness for all those with whom he came in contact. In the capacity of officer of a bank in Lincoln, Nebraska, he spent $1,100,000 of his private wealth to prevent its failure, solely because he felt the bank should be saved for the sake of the country. This case of an individual's advancing so vast a sum for the sake of the community is entirely without parallel...