Word: clear
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first, and by many thought the best historian to successfully gauge the character of the Greek state. His clear and concise statements of the doctrine of "might makes right," his broad criticism of a narrow policy, and his independence of prejudice and envy have made him one of the most eminent historical thinkers the world has ever produced. Thucydides's greatest work, "The Peloponnesian War," is remarkably free from the multitude of trivial details and stories usually inserted by his contemporaries, presenting, on the contrary, the serious attempt of an historical thinker to present the trends and currents marked...
...week out we suffer in our unventilated recitation and lecture rooms. Periodically the CRIMSON protests, while our instructors, forced to choose between asphyxia or competition with clattering steam pipes, either choose the former, or, without consideration one way or the other, stubbornly disregard the first rules of hygiene. Where clear thinking is demanded, clear air is the last consideration...
...organize a Harvard Club in Boston. Why such a club has never been formed before apparently no one is quite able to say. Last year the Class Secretaries' Association appointed a committee to look into the matter; but the committee either failed to report, or else never made clear its objections to the project...
...manager of the University team, outlined the season's plans. Practice will begin as soon as the hand-ball courts are clear of snow and will continue daily at 4 o'clock in two squads: the first containing experienced players and the second the new candidates, both for the Freshman and University teams. The class games will be held as soon as Soldiers Field is available for play. The second team will be more carefully organized than in previous years and will play several outside games. In the Easter vacation the University team will go on a southern trip...
Yesterday came the announcement like a flash from a clear sky that the three Deans are no longer to be ex officiis members of the Athletic Committee, but that "three members of the faculty of arts and Sciences" are to be "appointed by the Corporation with the consent of the Overseers." This virtually means that the recommendation of the Joint committee on the regulation of Athletic Sports, after less than a year's trial; is to be partially, if not absolutely ignored. The "standing rules and orders of the President and Fellows and the Board of Overseers, concerning the regulation...