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...need. The tutorial system extends itself to the department of mathematics. Candidates for distinction are allowed much greater liberty. Tutors are installed in the Yard dormitories with the express purpose of coming in closer contact with their charges not at all as proctors, but on a footing of human acquaintanceship and common possession of intellectual interests. Not the least welcome feature of President Lowell's annual report was its decided indication that, building on the tutorial system as a foundation, the University is feeling its way toward this academic will-of-the-wisp...
...gather information leading to the better acquaintanceship among students of the graduate schools, and to the organization of discussion groups among those whose work, as well as outside interests fall in the same fields, a questionnaire has been sent around by the Graduate School Society to members of all the graduate schools. An encouraging number of replies have already come back to R. L. Olson 3G., secretary of the organization...
...Years ago, during the Russo-Japanese War, I had a most pleasant acquaintanceship with Baron Kentaro Kaneko, now a Marquis. I was able to be of service to him, and Mrs. MacVeagh was helpful in managing a pageant for the benefit of Japanese children made fatherless through...
...president of the Lampoon at the time was a friend of a movie actress, and the trouble arose from that acquaintanceship. The actress was as anxious for publicity as was the president...
...acquainted with modern advertising and business methods, and will afford them a thorough training for any business career. No previous experience along business lines is required. The competition will bring candidates into contact not only with upperclassmen but also with business men in and near Boston, among whose an acquaintanceship may be formed that will prove to be of benefit in later life...