Word: sizing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Canadian university, would invariably give the American university for his answer. And yet he would be wrong. Statistics were collected of the number of men taking part in athletics in the universities of these two countries a year ago, and it was found that, in proportion to the size, the University of Toronto led. This is explained by the fact that in Canada every child is trained to live outdoors in winter, and so it naturally follows that when grown up he continues to take part in winter sports. He has become a proficient skater, or snowshoer, or ski-runner...
...Apparently cuts have been gathered from all sorts of publications and thrown together into a photographic hash for the ocular indigestion of Illustrated readers. The page of pictures called "Tumbling Stunts" has as many virtues as the others cited have vices. Every photograph of the "tumblers" is uniform in size, arranged in an artistic group, and reproduced by the same cut. Cannot the Illustrated set this page as a standard...
...material of which is largely factual, is best given in the morning, when the student's mind is more attuned to prosaic things; and very large courses are probably also suited more to morning hours. But, on the other hand, discussion courses and courses on theoretical subjects, of moderate size, can very likely be handled to greatest advantage in the evening, the time most conducive to reflection and philosophical inquiry...
...order to conform to the size of the rink upon which the University seven will oppose Yale next Saturday, the rink was made smaller with low boards, as was done before the last Princeton game at New York. The decrease in surface added speed to the scrimmage, for Percy's characteristic rushes and the ability of both forward lines to recover and get under way were especially in evidence...
...drawings should be distinct, in order that the reproduction may be clear. Designs should be done in black India ink on white paper, and should be 4 1-2 by 7 1-2 inches in size. Every design must bear the following words...