Word: strengthe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...games will make a good impression upon people who do not know the college in other ways. In this sense winning teams are 'good advertising.' It is believed that wherever the news of victory goes, 'boys' will be attracted to the college, their friends will be impressed by its strength, and so the numbers and the prestige of the institution will be increased...
...Negro people as a race are of no great importance, but as an industrial class they are one of the most important races in the whole world. The fundamental aim of the American Negro Labor Congress is to mobilize-to organize the industrial strength of the Negro into a fighting weapon...
About Theodore Roosevelt: "Roosevelt could be rough, and he was always ready, and his manner in controversy was that of a fighter. There was not much of the patience of Job; there was a great deal of the war-horse rejoicing in his strength and saying 'Ha, ha,' among the trumpets...
There appears to be little to choose, man for man, between the rival forward lines. Princeton's ends are comparatively inexperienced, and reserve strength on the wings is lacking. Sayles has proved his worth this season, and E. H. Bradford is a fast end who should hold his own with the best that Princeton can offer...
...since contact with other nations has brought a modernization into the educational system, exactly the reverse is true. The scholars are as a body radical in the extreme, and yet, through the strength of tradition, they hold their former place in the esteem of the people...