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Possibly there will be an eventual friction brought about by the personal crusades of these men, of Mitchell and Magruder. Already certain of Mitchell's ideas are being looked upon with other than scorn and contempt; the fate of Magruder's cause lies with the discretion of the Navy Department whose attitude is that the king and the king's henchmen can do no wrong...
...iron-barred cages she sat, shorn of her power, glowering at the court officials, scowling at the Carabinieri?an old woman, with wrinkled skin, ferocious mien, coarse features. None doubted that a death, too long delayed, according to the Sicilians, would be her fate...
...fate most bitter...
...answer is a sad one. Football no longer requires an afternoon; it demands a weekend. There is no especial use in again bewailing the encroachment of the game on the students time. Surely week ends are pleasant enough. But the fate of the game itself is bitter. Once the center of all attractions, it is being relegated to the position of a sideshow. Originally the star, it appears to be veering toward the chorus...
...fact that in this particular case, a managership is giving way before scholarship is not of great moment. Other extra curricula activities, different from the football managership only in that they are less in the public eye, have, no doubt, suffered the same fate in recent years. The teams, too, have not been immune from the added attraction which the tutorial system, better reading facilities, more capable instructors, or whatnot seem to be lending to what was formerly considered the exclusive preserve of the uncongenial grind...