Word: prod
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...short time in the records of the world, but a century will see the death of the oldest man who fought the wars. This year, and the strife which to us swallows up the year, will be but, a page of history, for the statistician and the biographer to prod into with an exact and impersonal finger...
...much that there may be a possible chance of escape from the demand, but rather because the American loves a whirl-wind finish in charities as well as sports. We too, being American, recognize the fact and condemn the theory, and so wer run this little summons to prod our readers on to extreme geneorsity today. Give, because it is today, if for no today reason. This si your last chance, and it you are ind oubt as to the good which will be done with this money, give anyway and we shall explain later why we are so righteously...
...includes the ignorant, to whom the folly of a course of idleness is not clear. The other numbers those who, in full consciousness of the situation, deliberately choose the primrose path. The latter class is hopeless. If to the former, however, this danger signal shall be a prod and a stimulus, we shall be glad, for we feel that the curse of loafing is far from being on the decline. Clogate Maroon...
...true, hints taken from perusals of our exchanges and from conversations with "foreign" visitors, there is a broad movement on foot among our colleges to spur men to higher scholarship. We believe that the greatest effect on the scholarship standard will be secured only when the prod is applied long before the men reach college, but we believe as firmly that a good deal can be done after they get there. If the Senior advisers, realizing as almost every Senior does that he is here to study, would seriously impress that idea upon their wards, we are confident that...