Word: evers
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...leave old Eli trailing in the dust," remarked: "Don't get the idea into your head that Princeton defeated Yale today because the Blue team was weak. I have been watching Yale teams for 32 years, and the 1920 Eli eleven is one of the strongest that I have ever seen Princeton piled up 20 points against its opponents because it played super-football." --Daily Princetonian...
...consequent confusion and mistakes at immigration centers was steadily increasing. But the influx now, caused by the devastation and generally unsettled conditions in Europe, is enormous. Nor has the trouble been alleviated by the recent imposition of new tests and inspections. On the contrary, the situation is worse than ever before...
...that we utterly forget such minor acquisitions as intellectual power, mental development and "the art of living." Mr. Morrison implies another great truth--the only knowledge really worth anything is that which we acquire by our own efforts. That which is supplied to us gratis in tabloid form will ever be found wanting when we weigh it carefully. In this connection one can hardly refrain from wondering how many undergraduates really become acquainted with the Widener Library during the course of their College career. Apparently very few, judging by the general ignorance of the special collections and the complete helplessness...
...magazine of Harvard which can really lay claim to the title "literary," the Advocate is surely justifying its existence. And as long as it continue to give its readers such a variety of interesting and valuable articles as are contained in this issue, it will continue to find an ever increasing list of subscribers
...Hamer keeps it plausibly within bounds. Frank Westerton, as George, is a typically "silly ass" English man, while the other parts, with one or two unimportant exceptions, are consistently well-handled. A word might also be said for the "mob" of sporty English aristocrats, who contribute an ever-recurring ripple of laughter with such highly, accented expressions as "demn it!", "well, dear old precious!", "hello, old wonderful!" and the like...