Word: ruts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...undoubtedly true that something should be done to take this form of outdoor athletics from its present rut. In spite of numerous calls for candidates, there are very few men out, and these do not receive the praise merited by their weeks of drudgery behind the Stadium. If it is believed that more publicity given to the event will increase its popularity, by all means let us have some arrangement by which we can all see the hammer-throw from the regular seats...
...view of the fact that only two men are lost from last year's team, the general outlook for a successful season seems bright, provided the team does not get into a rut and allow last year's mid-season slump to occur again...
...eminence had always been attributed to our acknowledged leadership in academic affairs. Certainly Harvard undergraduates are no less scholarly today than in the past; but they have lost sight of the splendid training that participation in an intercollegiate debate affords. Debating at Harvard is in a dangerous rut; its supporters are no longer representative of every side of Harvard activity; they are rather drawn from a limited class, whose interests have been with debating from the start...
...only. But when we are rid of the corruption we will be confronted with a condition of things in which the patriotism of every citizen will be tested. Each man must do his part or the strength of the independent organization will weaken and fall back into the old rut...
...Chief," is the most meritorious prose contribution, for it has ingenuity of plot and facility in expression. "The Prodigal Uncle," is a purported humorous tale, in dramatic form; it is somewhat too forced to seem anything but artificial. The other stories are above the average, and out of the rut of the ordinary undergraduate short story...