Word: sanitarium
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...editorial column of the "Daily Princetonian" has waxed wroth over books and magazine articles which represent Princeton as a cross between a first-rate country club and a sanitarium where one may rest up after arduous week-ends. The writer of the editorial admits that there may be a few individuals who think of their alma mater in these terms; but the difficulty comes from judging the mass by the few--"unrepresentative observation" as logicians call it. Harvard has had a similar experience along a different line. A certain class of outsiders read in the papers of millionaires' sons here...
...their spare time doing odd jobs in order to get the wherewithal. But one of these groups--usually against their will--gets dragged into the newspapers, or else frequents places where money is sine qua non. The other sort nobody sees or hears of. And so Princeton becomes a sanitarium for weary week-enders and Harvard a millionaires' club. A chance for an Extension course in Logic...
...Stars, a team composed of former football players from the large Eastern universities, will oppose the Carlisle Indian eleven this afternoon in Fenway Park at 2 o'clock. The proceeds of the contest will be donated to the Children's Island Sanitarium, a charitable institution which has been doing excellent work for some years in caring for poor children...
Plenty of seats are available for the game. There are 20,000 admission seats at fifty cents, 3000 reserved seats at a dollar, and 2000 two-dollar seats. The receipts from the game will go to the Children's Island Sanitarium at Marble-head. A percentage will also be given to the Red Cross fund...
...Carlisle Indians to be played at Fenway Park on November 28 is attracting a great deal of attention in the football world. The contest was really arranged last spring and at that time it was decided to give the proceeds to the Children's Island Sanitarium and contracts were signed to that effect. After the European war broke out it was proposed that the Red Cross Society receive a share of the receipts, but owing to the contracts already made this was found to be impossible. The Red Cross will, however, be given a percentage...