Word: standing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...bowling alley, where he will find both physical exertion and the most delightfully fickle uncertainty. The alley resembles a relief map of the state of Nevada. The balls have little devils in them, and they skip and prance from upland to meadow, while the timid pins, across the divide, stand firm as a Central American army. At the noisy bouncing approach of the enemy, the timid pins, like a Central American army, shiver and fall. One can make a tolerable score without hitting a pin. Chance is everywhere: in the lop-sided balls, in the undulating alley...
...CRIMSON publishes the facts in this case for two reasons: first, to let those who may have heard of the matter know that Harvard undergraduates do not stand for this sort of thing. (Had not due punishment already been administered, we should not hesitate to publish the names of the men whom we deem so misrepresentative of Harvard sportsmanship). And, in the second place, we wish to point out the far-reaching effects of what may have been thought at the time something in the nature of a care-free "party...
...reaching effects of such acts, we have more to say. The affair at Andover is capable of two evils: first, it places Harvard in a false light with just the men in whose opinions we wish to stand high; namely, prospective Harvard men. Secondly, it counteracts years of hard work on the part of men who are trying to establish closer relations between Harvard and the preparatory schools...
...selection those private school men, who went to the Law School, were in the first half, or first quarter of their number in College rank; on the other hand, among the public school men, the process of selection had acted before they came to College. Thus, since the average stand of public school men in College was very high, those of them who continued into the Law School might not be above this average...
...Class Smoker as it is today represents the survival of the fittest method for bringing a class together. The most ineffective form of smoker is that at which men stand with a few friends, eat a few crackers, drink ginger ale, and stare at every one else. The most successful form of smoker is that at which a certain amount of entertainment is provided for, and at which the different men are drawn informally into a general enjoyment of everything. This form has not as yet, however, come to anything like its full realization. To any that have attended these...