Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Cooke received the greatest majority outside of the Marshal election, in the contest for Odist. The largest number of ballots, 22 in all, were thrown out in the election of Class Poet. Ballots were thrown, out if the instructions posted at the polls were not followed...
...departments of Harvard education are now supported by endowments except athletics sufficient proof that alumni are interested in Harvard education merely as such. Why should athletics be disinherited and thrown upon their own support for existence? Science and philosophy are not so treated. Surely this distinction is made because athletics have been looked upon as not constituting an integral part of the educational process. Under the present system coaches feel constant pressure to concentrate upon a few men in order to produce winning teams. Athletics have not been general enough to justify an endowment. As Mr. Arthur Howe, former Yale...
...play, if you have not read it, is a satire on martyrdom. It is all about Christians being thrown to the lions of the Roman colosseum. It is probably one of the most impudent documents ever composed about Christianity. It is not for churchgoers without a sense of humor. Paid. Whether or not you should steal money which you know you can repay and which in your hands will do the world and yourself great benefit is the problem of this adventure. The answer is, of course...
...possibilities of the game which could bring forth so noble a display of courage and indomitable spirit. At the same time, there is a well-founded opinion at Harvard that football has become overemphasized in American colleges, so much so that the entire scheme of American education is thrown out of focus; and that the game itself is suffering from this unhealthy condition...
...KNOW WHAT I MEAN-Elsie Janis-Putnam's ($1.50). Elsie Janis was born in 1889; so she is not old enough yet to be writing memoirs. These are just a few essays thrown together in book form-her stage patter put in print. It does not stand the test very well. She is engagingly frank in her manner but not very refreshing. Her "platitudes and plongitudes" are done with the usual zest, but they do not get anywhere. They do not read much better than the stuff of a newspaper reporter trying to be "racy." But those who love...