Word: toward
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...interesting turn. In September of this year the regulation will become active, and from then on major letters will be awarded to the members of all athletic teams at Illinois. The decision was reached after consultation with the minor sport captains, the opinion of the majority inclining apparently toward the view that to award major insignia for all branches of athletics will create a wider interest in the sports now classed as "minor...
...Eastman's opinion of Phi Beta Kappa in particular appears to be rather typical of the present critical attitude of students toward scholastic standards. But, whatever one's opinion of these standards, they nevertheless exist; and the fact that Phi Beta Kappa must conform to them does not mean that it approves of them. Mr. Eastman's rejection of what seems to him a hollow honor is praiseworthy enough morally; but it seems that he is confusing the empty titles so much beloved these days with a distinction that is real. It is to be hoped that his action will...
...bodies have under advisement, he explained, are three in number. First the construction of the court would be standardized. Second the playing line would be raised from 14 feet to 16 feet. Third a standard ball would be introduced. All of these changes, Coach Cowles believes, would go far toward advancing and standardizing the quality of play and toward speeding up the game...
...dress leaning against the back of a sofa; in her right hand was a book she had been reading five minutes before. Since then, the furiously traveling train of her consciousness had rolled down a steep, delicious scenic railway of thoughts and remembrances. Now this train was coasting slowly toward a standstill; the lady's eyes were closed with enigmatic pleasure; her smile would surely have annoyed a clever husband...
...Forge ... a dreamer ... a man with a great vision. . . ."At last it became apparent who the man was. The audience cheered and clapped when a little white-haired clergyman, looking for all the world like a sly puppy, gave an uncertain, embarrassed smile, got up from his chair, tiptoed toward the centre of the stage, and took the ivory box. The little clergyman was the Rev. Dr. William Herbert Burk. He had been awarded the Bok Prize for founding and forwarding the Washington Memorial at Valley Forge...