Word: impression
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...French provinces, Brittany is certainly, even to the French mind, the most original and consequently the most interesting, for throughout the ages it has retained its own characteristics. One is at once impressed with the fact that the country has retained its primitive condition, and that man has scarcely made his impress upon it. Even where impress is visible it carries us back to the remotest ages. There are the incomparable monuments of Carnuc and Cocuariaker, and the mediaeval chapels and churches, together with the impressive castles of feudal times...
...only the monuments of antiquity that impress us; the very race seems almost mediaeval. The inhabitants have retained the same traits of character that marked them when, fleeing before the Saxon invasion of Britain, they came to the continent in search of new homes and new fortunes. Their primitive language, moreover, is practically the same today. With these people the dead still live; they have remained faithful to their ancestors in habits, customs, and traditions...
...Princeton team won by its argument, which appealed more to the judges than the audience, although it was delivered in comparatively poor form. The Harvard team, with unusually good form, and even dramatic presentation failed to impress the judges with the weight of their evidence, and placed too much emphasis on the benefit of football to the ideals of the spectators rather than of the players...
...next speaker, Mr. Mott, emphasized the fact that Western impress on the East must be made through the young men of the countries in question. He gave many illustrations of the active support given the Christian Associations by army and other departmental officers, particularly in India. Forty-four men-four of them Harvard men--from the universities of Europe, the United States and Canada have charge of the establishment and conduct of Associations in India, China and Japan...
...more dispiriting than dead silence. Matters would be improved if the leaders knew the Harvard cheer and showed some confidence in their own ability. Would it not be a good plan for the undergraduates to give the eleven a send-off when they start for West Point, and impress upon the team the fact that the University stands behind them...