Word: thereness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The supreme purpose of sports is enjoyment; all others are subordinate to it. There are two ways to enjoy sports: by watching and by playing. To satisfy the watcher, the spectator, the ballplayer is generally called an athlete. In professional sports the avowed purpose is to please the spectator, not...
Cannon House was turned over to the University in September, 1942 but Professor Cannon continued to live there up until his death in 1945. Both during Professor Cannon's time and since, the house has sheltered various types of enterprises, some pertaining to the University, some not.
For instance, for two years during the first World War, the kindergarten and first grade of the overcrowded Agassiz School spilled over onto the front porch of Professor Cannon's home. Its spacious back yard offered a fine spot for a play ground, and swings and slides were set up...
The resident tutor, and the man chiefly responsible for the Center's everyday operation, is Robert F. Leggewie, a teaching fellow in French. He and his personable wife, who serves as his secretary, live there along with an invaluable housekeeper. Mr. Leggewie, coincidently, also taught on the coast but did...
On the second floor, rooms are assigned to various language groups and each one is equipped with a small special library containing a selection of works of general interest written in the several languages represented. In addition, there are copies of the most representative texts at different levels for the...