Word: virtually
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...three years Junior dances have been held in the Union, and have enjoyed remarkable success. We are glad to see that the 1909 committee is appointed at this early date, for upon this committee the virtual responsibility of the dance will rest. Although these dances are regarded primarily as class affairs, the important part which the Union plays in their success should not be overlooked. In return for the added prestige which they give the Union, this organization provides an ideal place to hold a dance. Any who have thoughtlessly neglected to join the Union should carry their intention into...
...this University were important enough to entitle him, in the opinion of his contemporaries, to give his name to the institution of which we are all proud to form a part. With general support the demonstration this evening will show how we value the timely aid which our virtual founder gave to the struggling College...
...pointed out that "it is impossible to believe that * * * undergraduate sentiment would tolerate such virtual desertion of a team, if the extent of the harm done was fully realized." The letter concluded, "since it is fully as disgraceful for an athlete to get on probation as to break training, and should be so regarded, it has been decided in view of these facts, and of the fact that the chances of success for the baseball team, the crew and the track team this spring and of the football team next fall are seriously jeopardized by reason of regular members...
...first boat got on probation after the season had begun, and this loss necessitated a general rearrangement of the crew, and greatly retarded its development. It is impossible to believe that athletes would so neglect their work as to get on probation, or that undergraduate sentiment would tolerate such virtual desertion of a team, if the extent of the harm done was fully realized...
...experiences with the Cubans have been most interesting. From threats of lynching and attempts at blackmail the Cuban newspapers have turned to hearty appreciation of his efforts. From being regarded as a spy and a robber of Cuban nationality he has come to be looked upon as the virtual founder of education in the island. When he arrived in Cuba there were some four thousand children attending school, and the teachers had to depend upon the subscriptions of the wealthier parents for their pay. There are now one hundred and twenty thousand children in school and the teachers are paid...