Word: absorbate
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...syllabus represents the epitome of "knowledge served on a silver platter." By its use, the average undergraduate can temporarily absorb and entire term's work in three hours and, entrenched in this manner, successfully thwart the parries of the most despotic "prof." With the examination past history hew can then seek new learning in another field, entirely unhampered by a brain loaded with other ideas. And thus the four years pass most enjoyably. --Daily Princetonian...
...made extensive experiments upon the relative power of matter to absorb sound, and was a specialist in the acoustics of buildings and rooms...
These are only two of the many requirements that must be met. The returning undergraduate will be more mature, more intelligent, and more whole-hearted in what he demands. It is the University's opportunity to utilize his enthusiasm, to absorb his interest so completely that the closing years of his training at Cambridge may be turned to good account...
...Here and there one hears the mischievous suggestion that the administration costs of the Red Cross absorb about 70 percent of these contributions. This is a downright lie. Not one penny of the money contributed to war relief will be deducted for administration expenses. These expenses are very small, as a matter of fact, because 90 percent of the Red Cross workers give their services absolutely without charge, and the small necessary expenses are more than covered by the membership dues...
...elective system goes too far when it not only allows choice among courses but between working and not working, after the course has been chosen. If students refuse to absorb culture when it is placed temptingly before them, it is still possible to require it for the passing mark, and thus to appeal to self-interest...