Word: thing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Freshman gets several A's. Finally, in the autumn of his Sophomore year, his name appears in the CRIMSON, and he receives a notice that he has won a John Harvard Scholarship. He may hear in a vague way that there is such a thing as a Detur,--a most mysterious object,--attached to a John Harvard Scholarship. No official communication about it reaches him, but at length he learns that it is a book, and that it must be applied for. Upon application, it develops that it is not given out until after the Commencement of his Sophomore year...
...University. Mr. R. W. Kelso, Secretary of the State Board of Charities, was the first speaker, and he dwelt at length on the duty of the State in caring for the inebriate and feeble-minded. Public service in alleviating the results of using alcoholic beverages is a vital thing, and should be taken in trust by all. Mr. Kelso emphasized the duty of a man towards his neighbor...
...particular field, it digs deeply enough into the life and philosophy behind poetry to bring out something of the meaning of the lyric art of the world and a bit of a forecast of what that art may become. Certainly it is an admirable example of the sort of thing the Monthly should be able to do--relate life and art. If the Monthly can accomplish that to some extent this year, it will be far on the road to fulfilling the part in the University life to which it is called...
...changed, for with rare exception, in matches of the first importance, the running game will not decide the issue. The theory of the punting game takes little account of the early encounters with teams so weak that they may be beaten without it. It is concerned with only one thing--the game one must...
This is one thing, I think, that has puzzled many supporters of Western teams and has been troublesome, too, in the East. It is no "joker" unless it is permitted to be. Yale, Princeton, Cornell, and other elevens have permitted it to be a "joker", too often for their own comfort...