Word: widens
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...head, the reviewer dares to ask, Is the Advocate sufficiently democratic? The literary tradition of the College may be left to the Monthly; the Advocate should be a magazine of undergraduates, for undergraduates, and by undergraduates. Its pages and its editorial board should be doubled, for the Advocate must widen its appeal if it is to keep in touch with our ever-broadening undergraduate life...
...that the first few years of its existence the Union had little time for anything but experiments in the midst of which Major Higginson's suggestion was forgotten. Now, however, the position of the Union is well established, and we know no better way for its new officers to widen its interest among Harvard graduates and undergraduates than by dedicating some fitting portion of it to our heroes and veterans of the Spanish...
...reason why I so thoroughly believe in the athletic spirit at Harvard is because the athletic spirit is essentially democratic. Our chief interest should not lie in the great champions in sport. On the contrary, our concern should be most of all to widen the base, the foundation in athletic sports; to encourage in every way a healthy rivalry which shall give to the largest possible number of students the chance to take part in vigorous outdoor games. It is of far more importance that a man shall play something himself, even if he plays it badly, than that...
...University, together with the University Associates Trustees, submitted on Tuesday to the Board of Survey of Cambridge a petition proposing that a suitable parkway be constructed from the College grounds to the Charles River Parkway. It is planned to widen and level DeWolf and Bow streets with a view to providing a dignified and suitable roadway between the parkway and Quincy square. By the opening of such an avenue a direct passage would be established from the Boston park system through the Cambridge esplanade to the University grounds. It is urged that immediate action be taken on the ground that...
...work may be systematized. The debates will also be made as public as possible, not only to make it more worth while to be a representative of a team, but also to give the men more assurance when they speak before large audience. Formality in choosing the men will widen the interest in the clubs. These changes from the policy pursued in previous years are so radical, that a decided revival in debating is expected...