Word: effectiveness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fault of the existing machinery that a majority of the officers of the Alumni Association have been chosen from the East, largely because the elections have been held at Commencement time and the men of the East have been present in preponderant numbers. The new organization, if put into effect, will doubtless provide a method for distributing the officers in a more representative fashion throughout the country...
...have a gateway erected in memory of the fellow members who have lost their lives in the war. Such a decision seems to me altogether inappropriate. Would it not be much better for a class to recognize the heroic sacrifice of their fellow members, passing resolutions to this effect, and by sending them to the bereaved families of these men? The erection of a memorial gateway, will only be establishing a precedent, which will very probably be followed by other classes, thereby duplicating the idea that is to be expressed in some great university memorial, which alone can be worthy...
...France comes the glad tidings that President Wilson is in favor of repealing the "bone dry" war measure to permit the sale of beer and light wines. Perhaps the President has learned by experience in France that the practice of drinking, if not carried to excess, produces no harmful effect. Perhaps the "no beer, no work" slogan has reached the President and has indicated to him that the laboring class craves its slightly harmful satisfaction. Perhaps Mr. Wilson has an ear to the ground for the coming 1920 elections. Who knows...
Another cable to the effect that Hawker's Sopwith aeroplane had been wrecked about 40 miles west of the River Shannon was received earlier, but has not been verified...
Today's game is undoubtedly one of the most important of the entire season. If the University wins, the effect of its poor start will be greatly discounted. If it plays badly, all hope of early season success will be wiped...