Word: utters
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...organize a little band of nine aviators. As the leader of these first volunteers he made an enviable record in serving a cause which he considered worthy of his every effort. No trial of physical courage or mental bravery dismayed this pioneer. He derived strength and encouragement from his utter devotion to an ideal...
...vigorous protest from Yale against extravagant expenditures in college athletics has come not a moment too soon. It puts into plain language what the authorities of many other institutions have been thinking but have not ventured to speak aloud. Yale can utter this protest with good grace for she has not been by any means the worst offender...
...free, irresponsible spirit of college men shows itself most conspicuously in an utter disregard for the appearance of college grounds and buildings. It is not unusual to see a man walk through the Yard on his way to a nine o'clock, tearing up his morning's mail and scattering the bits of paper over the grass. Or a student will bring a newspaper to some recitation and leave it crumpled up on the floor. These are trifling instances of carelessness, perhaps, but the results are untidy recitation rooms and slovenly looking grounds...
...drill in the Cage, but dissatisfied with the showing being made lately, Coach Haughton wound up the afternoon's work by staging a hard scrimmage on the field. The play was impeded by the thick mist and wet turf, but before it was stopped at 5 o'clock by utter darkness, every man was sent in to take part. No scoring was made, for the University team could not make consistent progress through the seconds' line, this being the only safe method of attack on the slippery field. The lack of concerted action on the part of the linemen...
...course, the utter suppression of individual choice which characterizes the German educational system is not to be transplanted to American shores. But it may legitimately be asked whether more compulsion in our educational bill-of-fare is not justifiable. BERNARD J. SNYDER...