Word: though
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...other. It is awarded by the officers of the class to the Freshman who has had the best record in his preparatory school, but who would be unlikely to come to the University without pecuniary aid. This record includes studies, school activities, both religious and social, and athletics, though prominence in the latter branch is not a necessary requisite. These terms are intended to give the impression in preparatory schools that there is here an opportunity for such men to come to the University with scholarship assistance...
...East. The statistical title is one for statisticians to determine; the real claim to rank as our most national university will depend upon an institution's grasp of the spirit that should live in American nationalism and of its ability to consider the interests of all sections even though training the majority of its students from only a few. --Boston Transcript...
...Princeton University hoel squad held the first regular practice the season last Monday at the St. Nicholas Rink when over 20 men reported, A stiff workout was given, but the men were not in good enough condition stand much hard work. The playing, though lasting but a short while, was very good, but the men tired easily. The squad will be cut down to 20 men before the next practice and the entire expenses of these men will be paid by the Athletic Association...
Under the strain of a lengthy examination, the handwriting of many students reverts to childhood forms; even under normal conditions, others seem never to have advanced beyond the elemental, unformed state. English F takes care of the worst cases, but the kind of penmanship that "gets by" in college--though even here a disadvantage to the writer--would, in later life, lose many a man his job. When an instructor runs through a pile of blue-books or a number of weekly themes, their neatness may not receive official notice, yet no matter what the content may be, orderly writing...
...second string men, though not as powerful as the regulars, has been closely drilled so that if any linesman should be injured the strength of the defence will not be noticeably weakened by the insertion of a substitute...