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...mixture of the various types and sizes! Matters of detail as well as the general educational and social aims of the Houses received his close attention as the new Houses like Dunster, Eliot and Lowell were being planned and some of the older buildings re-arranged to adapt them to what at the time was called the "House plan...
...task is not to adapt Him to the world but to convert the world to Him . . . Times of crisis are days of the Lord if God can find men and women who are ready and unafraid to speak His truth. Old, yet ever new, the church remains the instrument of God's loving purpose...
...completely redesigned to conform to their wants. British textile weavers, accustomed to making cloth 36 inches wide, found that American patterns required it to be at least 39 inches wide. Some other sellers have made the necessary changes. But most foreign producers still see no reason why they should adapt their products to American wants, even if they could afford the expense. It is hard for them to accept the rule that in the American market place the buyer is king...
...must adapt ourselves to accept such unfamiliar developments as a war which ends without total victory for any party, but only for a principle. Such a victory, although it may not be considered as satisfactory by those who still believe in unconditional surrender ... is a full vindication of those brave men who have sacrificed their lives...
University officials who have criticized the new plan point out that having official entries for each House in Claverly will defeat one of the Hall's purposes--to adapt to the varying House applications from year to year. Under the present system Housemasters never know exactly how many rooms they will have free until September, since some drop out of college during the summer...