Word: young
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that the board of stewards of the Intercollegiate Rowing Association has decided that the fourth mile is injurious for young oarsmen Harvard and Yale stand alone as exponents of the deadly fourth mile. How long can they afford to ignore the judgment of the majority...
...borrowers" do not call themselves dishonest. Many of them are quite reputable young men, slightly lacking in brain, perhaps, but accredited with honesty for all that. All of them would be bitterly offended if named by an ugly and descriptive term. And yet their actions are neither more nor less than thievery. When a man takes a book from--the Library shelves under cover of his coat, or in his bag, he is robbing every other man who may wish to read that book...
There can be no question but that Harvard men will fulfill in practice what they have approved in theory. With young men willing to undergo sacrifice for their country, here and in other universities, and among non-University men, the future of our nation cannot be but full of promise...
...each Saturday evening to play Sunday football with professional teams at Captain and elsewhere. If present reports develop into facts it would be well for our university and college authorities to take some radical stand against the innovation. It is not clear what they could do to protect their young men from the pernicious influences; but as least they could wipe out a feeding ground for the professional sport by abolishing the game altogether...
Born in 1600, Claude Gellee, called is Lorraine from his native province of France, ventured to Rome in his youth struggled as a paint-boy in Tassi's studio, and won his first recognition from Cardinal Bentivoglio, who, in 1629, purchased two pictures from the young artist. When Pope Urban, who was shown them by the cardinal, expressed his exceptional pleasure, the landscapes of Claude became the fashion, and his fame steadily rose during the rest of his long life of 82 years. At his death he was a recognized classic, his reputation remaining steadily supreme in his field throughout...