Word: reasonably
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Scholarships-at-large are awarded by the Rhodes Trustees to the United States when, for any reason, there is a vacancy in the total number of Rhodes Scholars at Oxford University. State committees of sections which, have candidates of high distinction have the privilege of recommending one such candidate each for consideration as Scholars-at-large...
...House plan, is tending more and more to regret its invitations to the Junior Dance. Add this to the financial embarrassment with which all Dance Committees are faced, and the further fact that social fare palatable to the most diverse tastes is rather abundant, and the reason for attempting to sustain the breath of life in a superannuated whiff from the gay nineties seems to be ill founded. (Name withheld by request...
...having one chance out of a hundred of being approved by the college authorities. To state the case coldly, if impropriety can be charged against a dance held in Memorial Hall, it is doubtful if a Boston hotel or nightclub locale would enhance its prestige. This is only one reason for abolishing a dance which to say the least, has lost its cohesion and the respect even of its devotees...
...sports are to be taught in the schools, and there is no doubt organized sports have now a permanent place in their curricula, there is no reason why they should not be taught well. School-boys are none the worse for having their coaching at second hand if the quality is better, and both the colleges and the public share in the benefits that accrue from a higher standard of play...
...said: "The resignation of Mr. Joseph Hamlen as general secretary of the Alumni Association is a great loss to Harvard University. He has not only taken an enthusiastic interest in the affairs of the college but has had a thorough understanding of its educational policies and work. For this reason he has been especially helpful in his work among the graduates and also in giving advice to those of as here in Cambridge. Fortunately his new position will not take him further than Boston, so that he will still be available for counsel and assistance." Mr. Coolidge said: "The loss...