Word: writes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...mistake Harvard University made is offering a prize of $200 for the best paper on plumbing was in making the amount too small. Any young man who knew enough about plumbing to write a paper on the subject could go out on a repair job and make more than that in half an hour.--Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. --Boston Globe...
...Cambridge, we are interested in your local affairs. We are in business here, in the business of training ourselves to take a more responsible part in the life of the country. Our interest in Harvard University extends to its environment. What are our qualifications? We can read and write the English language with reasonable facility; we are somewhat familiar with the Constitution and political system of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; we have been brought up amidst New England traditions which are apparently better preserved and more revered in the West than in Greater Boston...
Lawrence Perry, sporting editor of the New York Evening Post, in discussing the comparative standing of the Yale, Princeton and University football teams at the present time writes: "Mid-season rating of football elevens doesn't mean very much, but it is a process in which many football followers have been indulging lately. Considering the forthcoming games among Yale, Harvard and Princeton the tendency of those who speak--or write--before they think is to give Princeton at present the edge over Yale and Harvard. As to the Crimson, there is no doubt that Princeton has a cleaer lead--although...
Candidates for the news end are required to write editorials and articles descriptive of current college activities. This competition is open to Juniors and Sophomores only. Four men will be elected from 1919 and three from...
...news-editorial competition is open to Sophomores and Juniors only. Under the bi-weekly schedule, the competition is conducted along the same lines as the metropolitan daily and gives men a valuable insight into newspaper and magazine work. Ability to write clear, forceful English and plenty of original ideas are the requisites. Three positions are open to 1918 and four...