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...government for his own selfish end; in short to develop a government in which the people govern. Winston Churchill first attempted to accomplish this in New Hampshire in 1906, when he fought a losing but satisfactory fight against three other candidates, and was defeated by only a very narrow margin. The fight marked the beginning of the battle for the supremacy of the New Movement in New Hampshire. At first it was misrepresented and subject to ridicule, but after a great struggle the Progressives enacted their entire platform in 1908. They had no leader, however, and the search...
...just as the Yale men tackled, Smith came running around from right end, took the ball from Potter's hand, and dashed around left end behind splendid interference. There was one Yale man to stop him, and he dove through the interference, missing Smith by a good margin. Then in attempting to turn in, Smith slipped, tripped over the prostrate Yale tackler and fell forward having covered about 15 yards. He had a bad fall but was not injured...
...general expenses of business, including wages, taxes, insurance, allowances for depreciation, reserves, etc., amounted to $57,586.57, or 15.23 per cent. of total sales. Thus it cost the Co-operative, for all charges, about 15 cents to sell each dollar's worth of goods. The close margin upon which the business of the society is carried on appears from the fact that a net profit of less than four cents is realized upon every dollar of sales. A dividend of 9 per cent. is made possible only by the fact that a large part of the total sales are made...
Craig of Michigan secured a poor start in the first semi-final heat of the 100-yard dash, but in a burst of speed, 25 yards from the finish, passed the rest of the field and won by a slight margin. Cooke of Princeton was second in the heat and Thatcher of Yale, third, both qualifying for the final. The second semi-final went to Minds of Pennsylvania with Thomas of Princeton and Reilly of Yale tied for second. Ross of Michigan was barely shut out from qualifying. In the final heat Craig secured another poor start, being the last...
...many nights a week does the student spend in pursuits non-academic; how great a proportion of his days? What with so-called "college activities," by which he must prove his allegiance to the University, and social functions by which he must recreate his jaded soul, no margin is left for the one and only college activity--which is study. Class meetings, business meetings, committee meetings, editorial meetings, football rallies, baseball rallies, pyjama rallies, vicarious athletics on the bleachers, garrulous athletics in dining room and parlor and on the porch, rehearsals of the glee club, rehearsals of the mandolin club...