Word: aid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...newly formed committee of the faculty for further censorship of student undertakings has recently been formed. It has nothing to do with athletics or the athletic committee, but apparently has powers fully as absolute. To this committee the manager of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals in aid of the university crew, applied for permission to sell tickets for the New York performances publicly in that city, i. e. at certain well known and reputable places. This request was not granted, and the faculty committee even refused to allow the posting of notices in Cambridge stores stating that the theatricals would...
...already been suggested that taking notes aids the memory. Not a few men claim that this aid to the memory is the most valuable return that they get for their trouble of taking notes. But, be that as it may, still another advantage must suggest itself...
These thoughts necessarily lead us to two conclusions,- first, that students should endeavor to master the art of note-taking, and at the same time, be constant in using it; and second, that colleges should afford the students some aid, giving, if necessary, some instruction in note-taking. Stenography is a great aid to thorough note-taking; and if the colleges would only offer some instruction in stenography no one can estimate of what value it would be to the students...
...library. By the plan under consideration, all that is valuable in American and foreign papers can be collected, placed in a compact form, and properly indexed. All must realize the value of Poole's Index. The plan of "M" would in the end prove a still more valuable aid to many students in their daily work. To those who are doing original work in historical courses, and taking prominent parts in debating societies, this system would soon be invaluable...
...Lampoon has sent around postal cards asking students to subscribe for the second half year. All that is necessary to do is to sign one's name to the card and drop it in the post. Surely this is but little trouble, and no one ought to fail to aid the paper in helping to gain the required 200 subscriptions...