Word: rankness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...force is always ready to cope with any situation. We have no need for polishing our riot guns, as they are not rusty; and the patrol wagon has always been and still is in good running order. While we are always ready, we seldom have to act, because the rank and file of Harvard students are quiet and law abiding...
...time, however, when the moderate leaders of Japan, the nation which came off third in the Washington Naval agreement, are seeking by every means to allay Oriental distrust of America's naval ambitions, it is unfortunate that the chief executive should feel obliged to boast of a "naval rank, second to none". Japan's sensibilities, deeply outraged by the immigration insult, will store up the needless affront. Japanese pride, made anxious by the stabilization of naval ratios at 5-5-3, will not be allayed by this new demonstration, for it will not be perceived that...
...prove that one may study, and even make Group I, without becoming a "grind". It is the undergraduate practice to honor those men who contribute some leadership in outside activities. In its strict sense leadership in studies is a misnomer. A man may stand at the head of the Rank List, but if he hides his light under a bushel, devoting his whole time to himself, he leads no one. However great his ability, the pure scholar spares none of it to the common good, and in consequence is not honored by his classmates...
...fable--"neither the one thing nor the other." Theirs is not a trade like brass-polishing or carpentering, which require long apprenticeships. The fact that any untrained man can become a good reporter within a very few months has made it difficult for journalism to rise to the rank of a profession. And where there is ease of entrance, there will be found many undesirable candidates. Mr. H. L. Menoken, in a burst of constructive criticism says that newspaper men must control the various schools of journalism throughout the country, and institute a vigorous weeding-out policy among the candidates...
Classical Students Rank Higher...