Word: instead
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...arriving at the population of each state the War Department did not ascertain the population through the Census Bureau, as provided. The Census Bureau would have given the population in 1917 for each state, basing its figures upon the growth as determined by previous census figures. Instead the War Department arbitrarily and unlawfully used the registration in each state as a basis from which to calculate the population upon which the apportionment of the various draft calls was determined...
...they been arranged for last instead of this year, the remaining games on Princeton's football schedule would look even more imposing than they do at present. The game with West Virginia, however, will give the Tigers a chance to wipe out the stain of the defeat last year, and will afford an interesting comparison between the strength of Yale and Princeton. To win the next two games, if this is possible, will call for all that the Tiger team can show in the way of fast and aggressive football...
Unfortunately, there is at present no one figure upon whom the nation seems likely to unite. Instead, there are three main factions, each of which has been intriguing in the principal courts of Europe ever since the king became ill. There is the party of Prince George and that of Prince Paul, both brothers of the late king; as well as a group who favor Prince Andrew, uncle of Alexander, and brother to the deposed Constantine. Besides these there is also the very powerful group who have never lost hope of restoring that exiled monarch. The situation is further complicated...
Preceding a ball on the eve of the Princeton game to be held in the Union, the Glee Club will give a special concert in the Union instead of in Boston as is generally the rule before a big football game. The concert will begin at 9 and last until 11, when the dancing will begin and continue until 4 or 5 o'clock...
...upshot is that too many of the better men leave college without having become honestly interested and competent in any science or art. Instead of haying paddled their own canoes at leisure along respectable stretches of the scientific or humanistic rivers they know nothing about them except impressions caught from the suspension bridges on which they have been swung across the streams at intervals. The location of the bridges has depended on the builders. Of course, they are extremely well built. That is just the trouble with them. The view from them is obviously so much better than...