Word: pursuits
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...present number of the Advocate, though somewhat inconsequential, proves that the pursuit of polite letters has not died out among the undergraduates. For what we receive, let us be duly thankful
...first great evil which has thus been produced is the congestion of population, for people seem to have a desire to gather together while exercising their rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Each man can use these rights as he sees fit and the result has been crowded city quarters which need water, light, and air. These needs have been answered by the collective forces of society...
...members of the CRIMSON staff have been in pursuit of news for 38 years and hope to bear home the remains of a little "news" of a blue hue on a crimson shield this evening. The Yale pushers of the pen and ticklers of the type-writer keys should stand a better chance of winning, however, as they have already met and defeated the Eli burners of the midnight oil, alias, Phi Beta Kapparites, while the CRIMSON representatives enter the game with no further asset than their natural ability and new uniforms...
...competitions are not good reasons. The very teams of which we speak would be immensely helped if every man that went out for them did so because he liked the game and wished to play it well. And the men who went our would be more steady in their pursuit of the object, appreciating better its true value to themselves...
...physical and inorganic chemistry, next to the west will be a building divided between instruction in physical chemistry and quantitative analysis. At the west end is a building devoted to instruction in qualitative analysis and organic chemistry, next, on the south side of the rectangle a building for the pursuit of industrial and organic chemistry, and the last structure, on the southeast corner, will be adapted to research work in organic chemistry. When completed, the chemistry department in the future will be adequately able to accommodate 950 students, which is only a slight increase over the number actually needing desks...