Word: saxonizes
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...make up for a bad start. Too many students rush breathlessly from one activity to another for two and a half years and then, when they become ambitious to finish up their career with possibly a degree with distinction, they discover that because they failed to take the Anglo-Saxon course or to fulfill some of the many other requirements, any attainment of this kind is out of their reach, even though their marks have been of honor grade...
...have also seen contradictions: there is no such thing as Harvard indifference. "The committees are begging and pleading; so are the coaches and the captains, not to say anything of the Instructors. What's the matter? It Isn't Indifference, it isn't sluggishness, it is what the old Saxon king called "the I-don't-give-a-damn spirit...
...naturally arises. A man in Mr. Landis' situation could not help being influenced by his own personal feelings in deciding cases connected with baseball or with the owners and backers of baseball clubs, many of whom have outside interests as well. It has long been a tradition of Anglo-Saxon law that no influence in the community should exercise any claim upon a judge. Therefore it would seem wise to require Mr. Landis to resign either his Federal or his baseball status...
...true theory we should hand all criminals as the most effective deterrent possible. The true theory is, we believe, that society feels it has been wronged--the social consciousness revolts--and demands restitution. A modern example of this is the lynching parties of our Southern States. Certainly the Anglo-Saxon "hue and cry" was the result of a society demanding retribution rather than one seeking to deter others...
...that he must differentiate between Azimuth and Right Ascension, between Declination and Altitude, he concludes that the standard in astronomy at Harvard, is too high, and he goes elsewhere. Another youth finds pleasure in the Canterbury Tales, but discovers that at Harvard, a course of study in the Anglo-Saxon language is necessary for a thorough knowledge of Chaucer. He likewise goes elsewhere...