Word: things
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...reports are authentic, last night further established the fact that Bloody Monday is a thing of the past. Since the class of 1907 formally abolished what little remained of the rush, there has been less to contend with each year until last night there was practically no disturbance. It appeared as though the hoodlums had anticipated a quiet evening and stayed in their regular haunts, so that the worst feature of former occasions was absent. Though it seemed at first an ill-advised arrangement to hold the official reception for Freshmen on that particular night, nothing came...
...Dyke describes with his usual felicity of style the tranquilizing and uplifting effect made upon a toil-worn man of the world by a performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in C minor. Subjective interpretations of musical masterpieces are fraught with danger, as the same music may mean one thing to one hearer and something else to another. But Mr. Van Dyke has shown discretion in selecting for his possibly too rhapsodic treatment a work of Beethoven which is intensely subjective and even, as far as absolute music can be, definitely autobiographic. It is well known that the Fifth Symphony...
...lose a man from the crew through illness in the last period of training is one thing; to lose him through suspension by the Administrative Board of the University is another. The Board has seen fit to punish two members of the University squad for an infraction of the rules of the College. The case against them was perfectly clear and there was no alternative but punishment. We may be full of sympathy for the offenders, and perhaps for ourselves, but what matters it--the law must be upheld in every well regulated community and it has been...
...fate of the scholar to be appreciated by very few men other than a limited group of teachers with a few intimate friends; furthermore, there are few who attempt to deny that the proper proportion in the recognition of the athlete and the scholar by the undergraduate is a thing of the past and the disproportion shows no signs of decrease...
...Moines system of general administration President Eliot passed on to the question of public school systems as they are in force in all various cities. The main difficulty in all municipal goverment is found in enlisting the intelligent interest of all classes of citizens. School are the one thing in which there is a general interest and as a result they have generally been well provided...