Word: worldly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...executive committees of the Harvard, Yale, and Princeton alumni clubs of St. Louis and vicinity have recently appointed a sub-committee to consider plans for the organization of a Harvard-Yale-Princeton World's Fair Club. The object of such a club is to provide, at some convenient spot on the grounds of the Exposition, suitable quarters for members of the local alumni clubs as well as for visiting graduates and undergraduates of the three colleges...
...World Today--"Boston's Solution of the Rapid Transit Problem," by F. W. Coburn '91; "The New Country Life," by P. H. Boynton '98; "The Great River: The Mississippi Valley in War," by J. K. Hosmer '55; "The Evolution of the Strawberry," by W. H. Burke M.'99; "Standardizing Railroad Time," by H. D. Jones...
...World's Work--"The Gold Reserve of Russia," by H. Norman...
...ever participated in any public athletic contest will deny that spontaneous applause for a good performance is an encouraging and inspiring evidence of sympathy. The most efficient cheer in the world is the sudden hush followed by the outburst which follows a really good play. To enable a large crowd to express its sympathy a certain amount of organization may be necessary, but in my opinion the good effect of organized cheering is greatly exaggerated. If there is to be organized cheering there are one or two essentials. In the first place there must be dash, enthusiasm, and speed...
McLanahan of Yale should win the pole vault if in form, as he broke the world's record this year at the Yale-Princeton meet, clearing an even 12 feet. R. B. Gring '05 of Harvard will make a close second and Behr of Yale should win third place...