Word: victims
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Indeed, the average college man is a victim of what Tolstoy termed "the school state of mind",--a state in which every thing scholarly appears a-priori difficult, and the student regards himself not an eager seeker for truth, but a patient forced to receive a distasteful pellet of learning. Probably most men actually apply more alert thought to choosing their clothing and food than to their properly-intellectual tasks...
...more notorious international highwaymen." We feel that Mr. Schenck has some particular nation or nations in mind; he could not be referring to all the European nations? As for ourselves, we find it quite impossible to fit any of the countries involved satisfactorily into the part of highwaymen or victim. To each country it was represented through the medium of secret diplomacy that the nation "was cornered"; in each country the advice of the military authorities to strike hard and strike first was followed. Anyone who has heard the story of refugees from the war districts will not care...
...somewhat demoralized and shaken Brown eleven this afternoon at New Haven. The Vermont men forced Brown to uncover everything she had last Saturday and then was barely defeated in a game characterized by loose and erratic playing. After this poor showing, Brown is expected to take and easy victim to the blue attack...
Arvin E. Case '17 was recently the victim of a fatal accident at North Sutton, N. H. While alone on a lake near by, he was suddenly seized with a violent attack of heart disease. Unable to save himself, he toppled into the water and, before friends from shore could reach him, drowned...
...Harvard Club of Boston proved an easy victim for the University nine on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. The final count was 6 to 1. Felton, of last year's team, started in the box for the visitors but he lacked both curves and his former speed, and retired in favor of Hicks in the first of the seventh. Hicks was a puzzle to the University batters as they were unable to secure a safe hit from him. His control was not of the best, however, as he gave two bases on balls which later proved disastrous. Both Felton and Hicks...