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Word: failed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...held on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock. At the same time tomorrow afternoon there will be a mile race for Freshmen only. These trials contests are under the supervision of Coach Donovan, and all men who are practicing in these events are expected to report without fail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Practice Half-Mile Scratch Race at 4 | 4/8/1909 | See Source »

...hypothetical young man may have the ambition to help his country, state, or town, and do this in the capacity of a "boss." A politician who is a member of the bar is usually a politician because he has failed to be a lawyer, and good lawyers usually fail to become good politicians. The greatest recommendation of a successful lawyer is that he has the power to do justice to mankind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAW AS A PROFESSION | 4/3/1909 | See Source »

...speeches I have ever heard the Senator from New York make, Dr. Eliot is the dean of the teaching profession, and has made that profession, already great and influential, the leading profession in the country. He has brought the university into such relation to public life that we cannot fail to owe him a great debt of gratitude for having elevated public life in the way the university spirit represented by him has elevated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRES. ELIOT'S EMINENCE | 3/31/1909 | See Source »

...chairman of the Committee on Admission has suggested in his report to the President that the regular Harvard entrance examinations in June be abandoned, and that those conducted by the College Entrance Examination Board be substituted. Such a change could not fail to be of great advantage to the University, for the present system is much too restrictive and old-fashioned for modern use. To get into Harvard now, it is necessary to go to a school where the special subjects required are taught, and to decide on this College a long time in advance, in order to take...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS. | 3/30/1909 | See Source »

...emphasized the importance of this early work. A great deal of attention is given to individual coaching in the spring, while in the fall the coach must use his time in developing a machine. Captain Fish urged every one who was not playing on another team to report without fail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL COACHES SPOKE | 3/18/1909 | See Source »

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