Word: powerless
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard men vote in Cambridge such a state of things could not long exist, for no city department would find it possible to maintain itself under conditions as existing. Being powerless at election times, we can do little or nothing...
...than at other colleges, and we still believe that a Harvard player would not trip an opponent or would be universally condemned if he did; but we are by no means free from ill-mannered talk on the field or from ungenerous conduct among the undergraduate spectators. Rules, though powerless to change the spirit of the players, might close their mouths, to the spectators' relief. The conduct of the great body of undergraduates on the field can never be changed till their leaders see what that conduct really means. These leaders are gentlemen, and hence capable of seeing...
Seventy-four men have returned their applications for the Junior dance; three hundred are needed to make it a success; invitations have to be sent out and answers received before any definite arrangements can be made. This is the situation faced by the committee, which is powerless without the co-operation of the class. While February 18 may seem far off to those who have no further responsibility than to turn up in their evening clothes, it leaves little enough time to arrange all the detail of a big dance. The class will expect a memorable occasion when the time...