Word: western
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...games will come at a time when college examinations are over, and a regular series of trials will be held, so that every man will have a chance to show what he can do. The trials will be held on Saturday, June, 6, in Chicago for western athletes and in either New York, or Philadelphia for the east. Trials will be held in all events except the Marathon run and the ten-mile walk, for which the men will be picked by the committee. Three or five, men will be entered in each event, according to the resources available...
...final schedule of the western trip of the Musical Clubs is as follows...
...nineteenth century, the Jews have begun to emerge from their prolonged seclusion, and the contrast of ideals is renewed. But, though the contrast is again in evidence, let there be no conflict. Let the Jewish ideal, that of goodness and character, combine with the beauty and culture, which the western races have inherited from the Greeks, to form a single, solid basis upon which to lay the foundations of future greatness...
Doubtless the authorities feel justified this year in demanding strict attendance to the end, for according to the Catalogue, the vacation does not properly begin until Monday, and by that time all except the far-westerners will be at home. As a matter of fact no one can logically deny that the work of this semester ends on Saturday, December 21, and it is grossly unfair to allow the Massachusetts men to begin their enjoyment at that time, while the rest are still in the throes of sleeping car inconvenience. Harvard is an eastern University. The western representation is proportionately...
...comparison with other universities our vacation periods are discouragingly short, and here again the western man is at a big disadvantage. In many instances he must leave home before New Year's day in order to comply with the strict registration requirements. It seems a short-sighted policy. This year we believe that the vacation might well be extended to Monday, January 6, thus allowing everyone to spend the full holiday season at home and rounding out the vacation to the usual university length...