Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...race to precede the triangular contest of the Freshman harriers with Andover and Worcester, and plans to reserve a special section for the visitors at the game against Virginia in the Stadium. It remains only for the undergraduate body to lend their interest and support to the scheme...
...movement is at stake. It has long been admitted that the lack of assimilation in America is a grievous one; that without serious effort America will never become more than a kaleidoscopic chess-board of nationalities. This movement of the American Legion is the first completely planned, nation-wide scheme of Americanization to be brought before the government. Is it to fall because of a misunderstanding, or because of Mr. Post's personal dislike of the Legion which at its last convention demanded his resignation? Petty trifles have too long stood in the way of national progress. The Legion...
...ball players have resisted such blandishments. They know that crookedness in ball playing cannot long be covered up. The "fans" who crowd the stands in the ball parks are experts in the strategy and the technique of the game. They cannot be fooled in the long run. No dishonest scheme could long escape detention. It is significant in this connection that gossip was busy soon after the games in question were played, and it was a case where the smoke of gossip was followed by the discovery of the fire...
...upon the undergraduate body. If there is a con- tinuation of the atrocious indifference of this spring, failure is practically a certainty. The war is over and the time has come for a complete right about face on the part of every undergraduate in his attitude toward the whole scheme of college affairs. The victories of the past have no bearing on the future unless surrounded by the same influences and the victories of the past were not built on indifference. If every undergraduate would realize that athletics, properly taught, provide the soundest mental training for the problems of later...
...scholarly words of Governor Coolidge, printed on another page, are note-worthy for their simplicity and moderation. The governor does not intend to settle the problem in an instant by any fanatical scheme. The economic soundness of his opinions and their freedom from unnecessary complication recommend them to the consideration of the many extravagant, theorizers who advocate loss practical solutions...