Word: prospecting
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...interesting, however, to note that the British are getting highly agitated over the prospect of prohibition in their own conservative land. This has even run to taking out insurance, called the "pussyfoot policies." What a delightful thought. The home of "Irish," of "Scotch," and of ale--and the freeborn natives scared silly lost they be deprived of their inalienable privilege of getting drunk on Saturday night. Never fear, John Bull! Even if the "dry" Bogey-man does get you, it is only half an hour by air from Dover to Calais. And we venture to suggest that France will remain...
...same time a last opportunity will be offered for men to enter the 1922 photographic competition. No experience is required, and, because of the small number of candidates, there is a good prospect of making the board...
...Intercollegiate Tournament in New York on the 9th and 10th of April. Four times a week Coach Danguy supervises a large squad in preparation for this usually stiff schedule, while W. Russell ex-'18 and E. R. Gay '15, former captains of University teams, aid him. There is prospect for a strong team built around R. H. Snow '20, S. M. Ordway '21, G. P. Howard '21, and E. K. Warren '20, with the addition of T. Adamowski '22, W. R. Browser '22, and J. S. Barss '22, of last year's Freshman squad...
...second great difficulty is that every school is bound by the bugbear of the college entrance requirements. I do not care what prospect and catalogues say, if a schoolmaster is absolutely honest, he will acknowledge that, in most cases, all his efforts, are directed to the purpose of placing his boys in their prospective colleges, free of all conditions. Hampered, firstly, by tradition, and secondly, by this bugbear, it is almost impossible to produce a real scholar...
...European production speeds up enough to take away the great demand for our products, and until our own production is increased sufficiently to meet a part, at least, of the enormous demand, the high prices will prevail. Even then, however, they will decline very gradually and there is no prospect of an early lowering in prices. When Europe can take care of her own demand, she will then be able to underbid us in our markets and furnish goods at a lower price, for in Europe there are no such exorbitantly high wages paid as there are here...