Word: standing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...given for first and second places in each event. The entry book will be posted in the Cage, and all men expecting to go out for track work, including Freshmen, are urged to enter. The following eight events will comprise the meet: 35-pound weight-throw for distance, from stand; 16-pound shot-put; running high jump; running broad jump; pole-vault; 30-yard high hurdles; and 30-yard low hurdles...
...petitions have been granted and notification of any corrections should be made at once; otherwise the provisional list, as amended, will stand as final. SENIOR NOMINATING COMMITTEE...
...class and not of a clique, however just the cause of that clique, are at stake. There is nothing intrinsically wrong in "getting out" and "influencing" the voters; there would be nothing intrinsically wrong in mass meetings addressed by the candidates; yet at Harvard we do not intend to stand for either. There is nothing wrong in taking advantage of the mistakes of one's political competitors, but at Harvard we will not even stand for the rumor that those who compiled the provisional voting list intentionally omitted a single name. Electioneering, whether in a private study...
...exalt that dependence, that I feel that there is a great advantage in keeping boys dependent. I realize that the work of the teachers is to make boys independent of them as rapidly as possible, to withdraw themselves just as rapidly as possible from their lives, that they may stand alone and stand strong. Nevertheless, it is a pleasant thing in the secondary school to have these young chaps about you, to feel that you are their leader, and that you can influence and direct them along the right lines...
...fathers came here to establish religious freedom; fought for political freedom; and sacrificed a million lives for race freedom; we should certainly stand for industrial and social freedom...