Word: widespread
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Union and the Speakers' Club will conduct a Forum in the Dining Room of the Union tomorrow evening at 8.15 o'clock. A movement has been started in the University to obtain a new gymnasium, and this, as a matter of widespread interest, has been chosen as the subject for the debate. A resolution will be presented which will be discussed first by men particularly interested in the matter, then by any one present from the floor. At the end of the evening a vote will be taken to discover the decision of the Forum...
...unnecessary asset in modern life, there are still a great many serious minded students who regard the problem of scholarship as Harvard's chief concern and never cease to worry over our present low standard. These are only a few examples of problems confronting the University. So various and widespread are the sources of discontent that a constant stream of editorials, communications and essays, most of which are critical and only few suggestive, continues to agitate our College community. So another question is added to our already long list--how to obtain clear and suggestive undergraduate opinions...
...that the excitement of the Yale game has subsided, there has arisen a widespread sentiment that the football rules are more responsible for the dissatisfying result than any other factor. The weakening of the offence by the ten yard rule and the prohibition of all pushing and pulling of the man with the ball has made it very hard for a team to make first down against an opponent its equal in strength when the play is in the middle of the field, and well-nigh impossible when close to the goal-line. For this reason most of the scoring...
...Zueblin discussed the recent elections in many states and showed how widespread had been the growth of thoughtful voting, and how energetic the protests against machine politics and boss rule...
...primary reason for this apparent disregard for College affairs and activities by Seniors is the widespread desire "to have as much fun" as possible during the last year of student life. Such an attitude is not surprising. The average Senior feels that he is to start his real career after graduation, and that then he will have to work and work hard. Many Seniors have been energetic during their first years in College. They have made their friends and their place in the class. They regard life very much as does a middle aged business man, who after having achieved...