Word: spendings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...absence of adequate fire-escapes improve conditions. True, Sever boasts a well hidden system of chain ladders as antiquated as they are inefficient, and Harvard has its vines and roof-balcony; but the only effective work which these appurtenances can accomplish is to cause the imprisoned undergraduate to spend valuable lecture hours in wondering whether it would be better in case of fire, to trust to the firemen or slide down a rain pipe...
Captain de Turenne and the other University court men should show good form this year. Regular practice on the Longwood Country Club closed courts will start directly after mid-years, when B. Narrls Williams 2nd '16 will spend one afternoon a week coaching the team...
...suggested that a fumble should merely count as a loss of a down, except on the fourth down. The argument both of these men use is that so much time is necessary to learn how to hang on to the ball that there isn't enough time left to spend on the technique and development of the game. I am opposed to such a change, and I believe most other people feel the same. Such a change would detract attention from the fundamentals of the game, and a football team that doesn't know the fundamentals isn't a football...
...among men. The American flag implanted in the hearts of these children will be more effective for the preservation of our peace than any battleship--and all we ask for is the price of one battleship. The people of America surely have a greater sense of duty than to spend money on battleships while children are dying. It is the realization of this spirit of fellowship of man through the saving of these children which will prevent the collapse of civilization. We can eliminate the background of horror which the war has given us by the laughter of these children...
...need be deterred from entering the law because he is not a gifted speaker or writer, although, of course, in the law as in nearly everything else, ability to clothe one's thoughts in expressive and becoming language is an immeasurable advantage. But not all lawyers spend their time addressing juries or arguing before appellate tribunals. In fact the most remunerative branches of practice may be conducted without putting foot in court room. In the law as elsewhere the most successful qualities are honesty of thought and purpose and imperviousness to mental and physical fatigue...