Word: tender
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Merrycan"; their conversational invasions of unprotected dormitories, are all notorious. But the social service workers seem to have overlooked them. If we stop to think of them seriously, the dangers in their path are evident. The examples they see among students are not always good for their tender years. With free access to many dormitory rooms, temptation is open to them, and there are frequent reports of petty thefts, not serious in themselves, but indicative of a warp in the boy's character that may result disastrously...
...doubt it is a dangerous doctrine, this that Mr. Thurston preaches, but the danger of it seems dwarfed by the beauty and tender understanding with which he interprets it. "All women would be as Mary Througmorton if they dared" he has written. Here the moralists will say: "But what will happen to the family? Our children must by brought up properly. This is an outrageous doctrine." Yet one cannot help feeling that if all women dared as Mary Throgmorton dared, that if all had the courage she had, then the world need not worry as to the future...
...fully realizing that Sovietism will eventually reach the end of its primrose path-that, given rope enough, it is certain to hang itself-they look keenly forward to the inevitable era of reconstruction. In this latter they are trustful of taking a major part and are ready to tender their services immediately the moment arrives. Their present candor and frankness will then serve them in good stead...
...defense. The defensive mind, because it has to act later, must act more quickly. The team play is of the style found in basketball except that twelve men must work together instead of five. Combined with the team play is the personal contact; each man except the goal-tender has a man to play against and cover...
Practice scrimmaging with the M. I. T. seven was the chief feature of drill for the University hockey squad yesterday afternoon in the Arena. The Crimson outfit managed to slip two tallies by Nickies, the big Tech goal-tender, in a half-hour session, while but one score was made against the University...