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...doubt the majority of Americans desire a League of Nations, and this was never more clearly shown than in a test vote during the Senate controversy last spring, when an overwhelming majority of the members of the upper house expressed their desire for some sort of a League. The snag that is still holding them is the exact kind of a League desired. Obviously the underlying choice of the campaign is not the much touted and buffeted League, but a deeper decision on parties and leaders...
...present elective system avoids this snag. A man is forced to take cultural courses, but he may choose their precise nature. An elevation of standards and the elimination of snaps,--not less freedom,--are desirable...
...Cornell, however, the University team struck a snag on May 15, and lost its first contest of the season, 6 to 3. Captain R. N. Williams, 2d, '16 and W. W. Mansfield '15 won in the singles, and Williams and Caner secured a victory in the doubles. The match with Pennsylvania, scheduled for May 21, had to be cancelled on account of rain. On May 25, Princeton took 7 of the 9 matches. The game had been postponed twice, and the University players had had no practice to keep them in form. Williams made up for his defeat...
...side of '88. Balch did not give them time to breathe, but continued heaving. The audience began to think the performance was rather amusing. At the end of the five minutes '88 had taken in thirty-nine inches of rope. The freshmen made a good fight but "struck a snag," as was predicted some two weeks since. The teams were as follows: '88 - Anchor, Balch; 3, Baldwin; 2, Crocker; 1, Pease. '90 - Anchor, Sturgis; 3, Hutchinson; 2, Lathrop; 1, Jones...
...back the precious inches by head and legs. It was no use; '90 had three and a half inches when time was called. The joy of the freshmen knew no bounds. They rushed in and carried their team off with uproarious joy. Beware, '90, you may strike a snag...