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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...subject admit the existence of brutality. It is worded "to eliminate the chances of rough play, and to lessen brutality." If the negative can support the arguments which they have brought forward they are supporting football in the face of overwhelming evils. The negative say that football players learn to do and succeed. They do learn to succeed at all costs, and by methods far from divine...
...language that has grown naturally is always hard to learn. Is it possible to construct an artificial language? Many linguists feel that such a thing is impossible, but the international method of writing music disproves this. In all grammar there is a great deal of unnecessary repetition which makes a language likely to be mishandled. Such words as "telegraph" and "volt" can be understood in many countries at the present time. It is possible then to construct a language the vocabulary of which will already be partly understood. The present difficulty is to select one language and to make...
...said, a delegation was appointed by numerous congresses and societies to study the question of an international auxiliary language. This commission has been studying the many languages which have been invented, but as yet no definite decision has been reached. The general idea is that everyone shall not only learn his own native language, but also the universal...
What then are the satisfactions in life for the scholar? The first is the satisfaction of doing something thoroughly. Professional and business men are denied this satisfaction, but the scholar may learn all there is to know about his subject, and then turn to something else...
Fall lacrosse practice will commence on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock. All men in the University who have played lacrosse and men wishing to learn the game, especially Freshmen, are urged to come out. Separate squads will be formed for Freshmen and upperclassmen. R. J. Hardy '01, a member of the University team in 1901 and later a member of the Crescent Athletic Club team, will coach the upper-class squad, and H. H. Bennett '04, captain in 1904, will probably coach the Freshmen. The practice will last three weeks and will end with a game between...