Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...best the college has to offer. The chance to turn scholastic attainment to account for the glory of the college would thus be determined by the examinations themselves; the possibility of winning recognition would be open to all students taking the examinations; and the features of an intercollegiate sport contest would be practically eliminated. And not of least importance each college would be satisfied that it was being judged on what would unquestionably be its students' best efforts...
College authorities who have deplored the over-emphasis on sport, which they largely attribute to the stimulus provided by competition and loyalty to alma mater, will now have a chance to see whether this same incentive applied to scholarship will act as an inspiration for better work in the classroom. We are a little skeptical but open-minded...
Over the rough and tangled places of the hemispheres trains of men with beasts of burden have forayed during the past winter, as often for sport and recreation as for science. Rich men have vied with institutions to explore, and have made the hardy trips themselves. To do so has become a new fashion...
...Southern wanderings of the Crimson athlete are over, and the college now awaits only the umpire's call to bat and the crack of the starter's gun to see the multifold activity of spring sport life again in full swing...
Joseph Davidson of Chicago had a pretty girl, an automobile, a dozen watches and diamond rings. He drove into a gasoline station, said to the attendant: "Listen, sport, I'm in a jam. I've got to take my girl to a party and I'm broke. Can you loan me 25 bucks on this here watch?" The attendant obliged Mr. Davidson, who then went to other gasoline stations to dispose of his watches and rings. Mr. Davidson was no philanthropist. His watches were tin, his diamond rings glass. At the tenth station he was arrested...