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...wide open for interpretation. "Literary and scholastic ability and attainments; qualities of manhood, truthfulness, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship; exhibition of moral force of character, and instincts to lead and to take an interest in his fellows; physical vigor, as shown by fondness for and success in sports." None of these are exactly standardized, nor have the will's executors standardized their definition of requisite qualities. Still, one thing is fairly clear about the will: Cecil Rhodes was not thinking of women...
...second half began as closely contested as the first. Hitting and hustling with spirited vigor, both teams traded possession of the ball as scoring attempts repeatedly failed...
...School professor, who asked to remain anonymous, says it is likely that Ebert's successor will be more concerned with the direction of research within the University. Another basic scientist, who also declined to be named, said of Ebert, "There have been rumblings of discontent at the lack of vigor of his leadership...
Like others who have paid calls of late, Atkins found Nixon in good spirits. He looked bright-eyed and fit, showed a touch of the old presidential bearing and vigor and was seemingly determined to demonstrate that the Nixon household had weathered Watergate and returned to normality. Atkins' color photographs, shown exclusively in TIME on the following pages, bear out those impressions...
Many other educators-and students-agree. Says Barbara Newell, 46, president of Wellesley: "Women coeds receive conflicting signals on the 'femininity' of intellectual vigor and do not take full advantage of college." Adds Susan Van Dyne, 29, a Smith faculty member: "In a coed school the dominant role for a woman is usually sexual." Evelyn Riedner, 21, a Wellesley senior, praises her school for the chance it gives women to learn leadership without strident aggressiveness. Says she: "Once you learn that in a supportive atmosphere, you develop yourself as a person first...