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Dates: during 1920-1920
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If seems to simmer down to the fact that in present-day college athletics and in football particularly, the winning of victories has become more of a business than a sport. The detail in management; the minuteness of coaching necessary to the success of an eleven; the sometimes exaggerated publicity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard's Football System | 11/10/1920 | See Source »

During the World War our country enjoyed great prosperity because every one was most active in producing. The United States is no longer a debtor nation, but at present is the richest nation in the world. Now there is a tendency to lay down on the job, "to get on...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What Mr. Babson Said | 11/10/1920 | See Source »

The attitude of the New England states toward this California problem is analogous to their attitude toward the South for the several decades immediately after the Civil War. They do not see why two utterly different and incompatible racial groups cannot lie down together like lambs. The fact of race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 11/9/1920 | See Source »

Secretary Daniels is true to his favorites. Despite last year's protests, despite the opposition of the Navy officers themselves, despite the election, he intends to carry out his old program to the bitter end. If he succeeds in doing so, and the present list of Navy awards goes down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAVY AWARDS | 11/9/1920 | See Source »

rier and brought the score up to 17 to 14. Princeton replied to this rush by running back the kick-off 35 yards. A lucky fumble gave the Yearlings the ball, though they failed to advance it. Gehrke's punt was the center of the next big break: though blocked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YEARLINGS SCORE TYING GOAL WITH FEW SECONDS LEFT | 11/8/1920 | See Source »

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