Word: rains
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...favorite occupation of socialists and other "radicals" to rain abuse upon the college student for his conservatism. The Alumni Bulletin quotes, for example, the following from a recent book by John Macy '99: "Nothing could be more solidly conservative than American undergraduate youth. Many Russian students are rebels. But American universities can be trusted not to bring forth a revolutionary brat--their twilight sleep is perpetual." The Bulletin disagrees, and gives some instances to prove that there is no "lack either of professors and students with thoughts of their own, or of avenues for their self-expression...
...unless the tent were enormous, the remedy to the present situation would be only one of degree. The Stadium offers a better solution. Its acoustic properties are not ideal, but speakers do succeed in making themselves heard in it; and all who desired could be accommodated. In case of rain, of course, it would probably be necessary to resort to Sanders Theatre again; but this would be of infrequent occurrence. A radical change certainly must be made unless Commencement Day for most graduates and Seniors is to be reduced to watching a parade and knowing that there is a Chief...
Washington's favorite play was off left tackle and Farnum, backed up by Andrews, was unable to break up the play. A drizzling rain fell through the entire contest and as Washington had the faster squad it was figured that the Westerners would be more handicapped than Brown. But the muddy field proved a great obstacle to Pollard, the Brunonian halfback, who lost many yards through his failure to get a good start on end runs...
...public, or a portion of it, finds it hard to rid itself of an idea once firmly imbedded. In spite of a rain of facts to the contrary, some persons still believe that our endowed universities are out of the reach of any but men of wealth. The writer of a letter to the Transcript, and the author of a tirade against the University, called "The Educational Octopus," makes the accusation that the "intellectuals of Harvard mistakenly believe that the son of the laboring man should not be allowed to aspire to equality, professionally or otherwise, with the young...
...Navy eleven was outclassed from the start. Time after time the heavy Army backs smashed through the line for big gains while the Navy backs could make little impression on the West Point forwards. The game was played on a rain-soaked field, which made it rather difficult for the players who attempted end runs. Both teams tried the forward pass, but it was rarely successful. Oliphant, who made both touchdowns, and McEwan starred for the Army, and Craig played well for the Navy...