Word: worldly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...instructors in the department of German, that their true function was not merely to teach the German language, or even German literature, but to give our students a true conception of what Germany stands for in modern civilization, what her ideals have been, what she has contributed to the world's best intellectual possessions. For this purpose books alone do not suffice. It was thought that this country, of all countries, should possess a German Museum in the wider sense of the word, since the great majority of the American people are of Germanic origin, and it is here that...
...Although the public discussion of intercollegiate disagreements is not always edifying or profitable, the University world is certainly entitled to know the facts determining the action of its own representatives. Regarding the protest by Harvard of three Pennsylvania players, the situation was as follows: Late in October the football management laid certain information before the chairman of the Athletic Committee affecting the eligibility of certain Pennsylvania players. The chairman wrote at once to the chairman of the Pennsylvania committee with reference to one of these players, and afterwards discussed the cases of three players with the Pennsylvania chairman...
...merry and everything has a right to seem somewhat novel and absurd. Let us hope the class of 1905, after furnishing the Lampoon with a lawful but will furnish it with a Howarth or two and one or two Herricks, to catch the momentary sparkle of our small world...
...World's Work--"The Post-Office and the People," by M. G. Cunniff '98; "Mr. Kipling's "The Five Nations,'" by F. T. Cooper...
...World To-Day--"The Currency Situation," by J. L. Laughlin '73; "Ministers and Labor Leadership," by A. A. Borle '91; "The Second Year of the Carnegie Institution," by D. C. Gilman...