Word: well
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most colleges that a brief description of it might be of interest to Harvard men. Twenty-five years ago no general participation in athletics, as distinguished from the course in calisthenics, gymnastics, fencing, boxing, wresting and riding required of all cadets, was necessary. Participation in the major sports as well as in tennis; golf, polo, etc., was optional and no instruction was provided for those who took up tennis or golf, which, incidentally, could be played only on Wednesday or Saturday afternoons...
...series of articles entitled "The Good Old Times" that recently appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, Dean Gauss of Princeton describes the trials and tribulations, as well as more amusing incidents in both faculty and undergraduate life in the early days of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth. West Point, in its comparatively brief existence, has also has several of these periods, referred to by the "Old Grads" as "the good old days...
Civilians may learn from this glimpse of the Army's future officers. When a tendency on the part of the public towards the extremes of toying with the white flag of pacifism or rattling the saber seems so attractive it is well to realize the essential similarity of all undergraduates in or out of uniform. A little careful observation reveals interesting facts and the playing field this afternoon should give ample proof that the men of West Point offer no inherent threat of jingo militarism against the world...
...Well, I'd lay my money on Harvard today, and I guess that ought to be enough of a hint for most every one. A couple of touchdowns ought to be the margin. And then: Yale 13 Brown 6 Dartmouth 19 Columbia 6 Florida 7 Georgia Tech 0 Princeton 13 Cornell 13 California 13 Penn 7 Fordham 21 Holy Cross...
...Gawd what was wrong...They're smooth!...And when they dance they sho don't take that Present Ahms attitude of the Ahmy...Anything but!...Ah love Hahvud men...they know so much, an' they look twice as much as they know...'n' when you go ridin' with 'em...well...they don't have to pull any 'it smacks of the Bowery' stuff foah protection if you park a moment to...eh...talk like they do down at the point...Ah should say not...most emphstically not...'n' their minds...Ah do adoah intelligent men...don't you?...'n' they...