Word: turning
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...show, "A Medley of Heirs," will be given this year for the benefit of the American Red Cross. Arrangements have been made to turn over to this cause the entire proceeds and donations from the five performances. The public performances are: Pi Eta Theatre, Cambridge, Friday, March 16; Ioka Theatre, Exeter, Saturday, March 17; Jordan Hall, Boston, Thursday, March 22; Pi Eta Theatre, Cambridge, Friday, March 23; town hall, Andover, Saturday, March...
There seems to be no question that the sophomores are attacking a real evil. The club system, says the Daily Princetonian, has "limited fellowship in a way which is not only exceedingly harmful to the individual, but which also exercises a pernicious effect upon the university's endeavor to turn out undergraduates who shall be best fitted for positions of honor and responsibility in the nation." According to the resigning seniors the system has "discouraged individuality of thought," "created a set of artificial standards," and "diverted the finances, energy and attention of both graduates and undergraduates from the curriculum...
...contested races marked the final day of the winter track carnival held yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field. The feature event of the program was the final of the interclass relay races, in which the Seniors defeated the Freshmen. F. F. Williams '20 jumped into the lead on the first turn and gave W. L. Nolan '20 a start of ten yards which he lost to A. O. Phinney '17, the second man on the Senior team. A. M. Robinson '20, the next Freshman runner, established a lead which the 1920 men gradually increased until near the end of the race...
...President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of the University of California: "When it comes to choosing officers for the reserves, we Americans cannot base our choice as Europe does, on social caste or the possession of goods. We must turn to the colleges. Natural leadership of some sort there must be, and that leadership the higher education will provide...
...always a subject of interest. When the weather, politics and the war have been drained dry, and nothing remains but a yawn to fill the gap of conversation; when the last conversationalist has chronic lock jaw and the last small talker is asleep, the trend of talk may turn on Mars. Mars is always safe...