Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sections which gave them lusty support. "Why is there not a chance on some team or crew for every man who wants to take part in a college sport?" these graduates asked. Generally there was an answer, but still the questioner would go away unsatisfied. The results did not seem to be there...
...Freshman crew has suffered many changes during the week. They do not show any pace and seem to be altogether too short at present, but their time is good, and they keep their boat well up on its keel...
...first thought which strikes one in connection with the ruinous telephone tie-up which began yesterday morning is, of course, that the strike must be ended, quickly, and at almost any cost. The fault of the situation seems to lie for the most part in the endless "red tape" and departmental ritual of the Post Office Department. The patient and fairly moderate demands of the operators for an inquiry on the part of some thoroughly impartial tribunal were repeatedly held up, and delayed, and referred on. Mr. Burleson has admitted that there is justice in their demands, but does...
...Harvard is to be among the first to appreciate the need for a new system. We wish, however, that this work of reconstructing education might not be left entirely to the Faculty. Doubtless their long experience makes it necessary for them to effect the actual changes, but it would seem that discussions of proposed reforms in which the student body is adequately represented would be very profitable. They would add another point of view: that of the younger generation; a point of view which, while less stable, is valuable because of its vigor. A step in the right direction...
...safeguard the interests of these United Sates first, last and all the time. Between the two there is a deadlock. Which side a man takes depends on his philosophy of life-the only appeal that can be made for either is a flag flapping appeal. Nor does it seem that Mr. Gallishaw himself is quite immune from that sort of thing. "The feet of young men are making new foot prints in the sands of time" etc.; is that not an appeal to the enthusiasm rather than to the intelligence of the readers? GEORGE CROMPTON...