Word: surroundings
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...Harding is doing what President Wilson has conspicuously failed to do, to surround himself with men who can offer advice, before proceeding to action. Out of the mass of argument that is presented to him day by day by men of different parties and different schools of thought, he will be able to settle on a definite, constructive program to begin, immediately on March 4. This parade of wise men who are not always wise may tickle the humor of some; but to those who voted down Wilsonism in November it is a serious sign that bodes well...
...Philippines or any other part of the world. There is only one set of rules governing the game and the elementary rules of baseball are generally well known by the small boy before he gets very far into arithmetic, grammar or geography. And, I might say, the same conditions surround football, track athletics, tennis, rowing, golf and practically every other sport. But basketball is different, and it is the lack of uniformity in the rules that has prevented the sport from growing into a greater and more popular game than it is today. The one thing that is uniform...
Harvard University, whose tradition is to strive fiercely toward eminence in athletics, has installed a new director of outdoor sports, Dr. Charles Whelan, who proposes to surround his track team, in their track room at Soldiers Field, with photographs of star Yale and Princeton athletes of the past, alongside photographs of former Harvard captains. An elaborate motion picture equipment has been provided for use in the field, to show contrasting achievements of various teams and individuals. Three mirrors are to be bought, one set upon rollers and used at practice to show "form" and another anchored at a certain spot...
...Primerose Plelan, who has been brought up in the midst of the worldly and artificial life of her father's castle after she has lost her mother. She shows a pretence of being gay, through in reality she is serious-minded and understands only too well the evils which surround her. Her great consolation and help in life is her love for Pierre de Lancrey. This love keeps her from losing courage, although so far neither she nor Pierre have dared to speak to each other of their love. She confesses it, however, to Madame de Sermaize, her godmother...