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...brings upon its author a flood of resentment and vituperation. In nine cases out of ten this abuse comes from inability to differentiate between curtailment and elimination. It is an established fact that some secret practice is a necessity. Success in important games is well-nigh impossible without an element of surprise. Coach Roper at Princeton has, however, decided to allow everyone to watch the team in the remainder of this season's daily workouts. Perhaps a few new plays may be rehearsed on the sly, but in the main practice will be open to all. The reason for this...
...commerce and industry of the country, President Coolidge went on to stress the responsibility which these tasks involved and to appeal to the Investment Bankers' Association to drive out undesirable promoters and financiers posing as legitimate investment firms. "It is almost impossible to weed out every undesirable element," said he, " but the country has come to know that it can rely upon the representations made by its investment bankers...
...will see lightly draped maidens "interpreting" a snake-dance with veils and pirouettes. And it will be advertised as "La Marche de Serpen." But at present "it lives, it moves, and has its being", and today all will have the privilege of knowing the snake-dance in its natural element...
...which India presents to Great Britain. In 1899, not long after the Patriots' League demonstration of 1896, which resulted in the overthrow of the usurper, Aguinaldo, President McKinley appointed a commission to investigate conditions in the Philippines. They reported a lack of education and "linguistic diversities," plus a Moro element, a small but violent portion of the total population which professed the Mohammedan religion in opposition to the Catholic...
Intellectual achievement in activities outside the college curriculum is always considered, though the personal element makes this evidence less reliable...