Word: sureness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...every two years. In the first selection one members is appointed for two years, another for four, and so on, until the longest term is 12 years. Evidently it is expected that the work of the Commission will be carried on through at least 12 years. To make sure that the Commission works in no partisan spirit, the law provides that not more than three members shall be members of any one political party. It is perhaps worth noting that among the six persons appointed on the Commission by President Wilson two are Harvard men, myself and E. P. Costigan...
...between those who live in the little frame houses in out-of-the-way streets, and those who inhabit the gold coast; those who make the clubs, and those who don't? One could hardly object if the aristocracy of the College were one of intellect, but I am sure that Mr. Lloyd knows that it is not. At Yale or Dartmouth one is blind or dumb if he does not know personally the large majority of his class; at Harvard he is fortunate if he can say "hello" to even a small minority...
...runs and the hurdles. In the last two big indoor meets, Overton has broken world's records in the mile and in the 1,000-yard events, while Farwell's form in capturing the hurdle race at the Meadowbrook games on March 12 again stamps him as a reasonably sure winner in Yale's dual meets, and a favorite in the intercollegiates...
Although I have been here but a few weeks I have been made to feel quite at home and I'm sure Mr. Norton would have written a different story for the Illustrated had he been able to remain here a longer time than was possible last spring. W. W. LLOYD...
...must be said that in view of all that is passing in the world, the contributors to the current Monthly seem somewhat strangely "untouched by solemn thought." There is, to be sure, an editorial directed against the "Harvard Prussianism" with which the "Union for American Neutrality" was greeted. In two of the eleven poems in the number-- "My Peace I Leave With You," by Robert S. Hillyer, and "The Hour," by W. A. Norris--one hears at least an echo from the present upheaval of mankind. Otherwise, except for Mr. Hunt's contribution, everything might be going on just...