Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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George Arliss, and the "Old English" players, De Wolf Hopper and his support in "The Student Prince", and the Plymouth Theatre's "Candida" actors are all expected to be represented in this afternoon's audience, though the directors of these companies have not accepted the block of tickets officially...
...think we would do well to go over the situation to see just how important the World Court is in the international life of our time. A second enquiry may be, how important is it that the United States should give the Court its support? Now I think we need not exaggerate in answering either question. It can only be unfortunate that some people, notably President Harding, have greatly over-stated the significance of the Court. That has been true also of the League of Nations, and I find myself frequently trying to overcome the discouragement of people to whom...
...second question: is it important that the United States give its support to the Court? First, I must say that it is less important today than when President Harding and Secretary Hughes proposed this almost three years ago. For during this interim the Court has got on its feel. It has succeeded in entrenching itself. It has won prestige and confidence among the lawyers of all countries. It has acquitted itself well. It has found itself. Its future new seems secure. It does not lack cases, it does not lack friends, it does not lack funds. Forty-eight other nations...
...financial burden of athletics as it now does. An endowment for athletics will therefore, be necessary. This last point is vital and inevitable, if football is to escape from the evils of overemphasis which now are manifest. So long as colleges depend upon gate receipts from football games to support their entire athletic program, this fact alone will remain a sufficient excuse for continuing the present unsatisfactory system...
...represented cities of Ohio, and the games centered around Canton. Since then, at least 30 more professional teams have sprung up in the territory extending from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. The scope of the new football craze is perhaps best measured by the size of the cities which support the salaried players most generously. Charles Brickley '15 organized a team in New York several years ago, and this rather unsuccessful venture has been now transformed into a distinct success. The rivalry between the Chicago teams, the Bears and the Cardinals, weekly brings out crowds of 40,000 spectators. Kansas...