Word: vigorousness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Physical vigor, as shown by interest in outdoor sports or in other ways...
...better style than ever before in the present season. The men have come out of the slight staleness which was apparent last week and which was a natural result of their hard monotonous routine of work they have been put through since reaching New London; a new dash and vigor is apparent in their work now, brought about by the change from conditioning practice to the final tuning up and finishing...
...college man and his conceit is now almost as frequent as it was then. After the war for not inexplicable reasons the press temporarily conceded that University training might be of some use after all. Now they are beating out the old refrain again with pre-war vigor...
...without academic advantages. In a measure our literature shows it. It lacks the quality for which we have no English term, perhaps because we have so little conception of the thing, but which the French know as "school." Most of our writing is rough-and-ready. It has the vigor of the man in the street, but not much of any other kind. The man in the street is good as far as he goes; but he doesn't cover the whole ground...
...qualities which are considered in making the selection of the Rhodes Scholars are defined as follows: "1. Qualities of manhood, force of character, and leadership. 2. Literary and scholastic ability and attainments. 3. Physical vigor, as shown by interest in outdoor sports or in other ways." When the time for making applications to President Lowell expires on October 8, 1921, he will select from among the applicants an indefinite number to nominate for the scholarships, selecting these men on the basis of the qualities above mentioned. In every state there is a State Committee of Selection, and to these Committees...