Word: acceptable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...vocabularies. Because he refuses to be conventional, the conscientious student is despised. The idea of the "gentleman's C," which has become a popular excuse for mediocrity, is a conventionality of thought which is turning Harvard from a College into a convenient place to loaf and be great. Fathers accept the grade without complaint; sons, long before they come to college, determine to work for nothing higher. Extra-curriculum distinction, with all its empty pride, false hopes, and insignificant rewards, claims the undergraduate's attention while his books remain closed on his desk. So restless do men become in their...
Discussing the whole controversy, which closed yesterday when Mr. Warren refused to accept a recess appointment, Dr. Dickinson went...
George Owen Jr. '23, former University athlete who competed in nine major sport competitions against Yale while an undergraduate, will not accept an offer as coach of football and baseball teams at Wesleyan University, he announced last night...
...continued the statement, "that by signing up for a policy he will be forcing on himself the obligation of undergoing a strict medical examination. There will be no time to speak of spent in this way. The Aetna company, which is handling the insurance for us, has agreed to accept all members of the class as physically fit as far as the matter of issuing endowment insurance for the class fund is concerned. They feel that they can do this because of the special facilities Harvard offers of keeping physically fit and because of the system of physical examinations that...
...Clark, acting personal secretary of the President, notified Representative Scott Leavitt of Montana that the President would be glad to accept a Montana turkey for his dinner next Thanksgiving and ten other turkeys, too, one for each member of the Cabinet...