Word: allowables
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Allow me to call your attention to a similar political coincidence in which General Harris M. Plaisted was inaugurated as Governor of Maine in 1881 at Augusta, Me., and that in 1911, also 30 years later, as in Phil's case, Frederick W. Plaisted, the son of General Harris M. Plaisted, was sworn in as governor of the same State of Maine...
...absurdities of compulsory class attendance, irrelevant examination questions, and low-voltage lectures. But to visualize it as an easy scheme of collegiate existence is to make a most vital mistake. Students in our own department of Social Institutions will declare that the freedom of scope which their individual projects allow them, that the sense of achievement which they hope to acquire from reaching conclusions through their own industry instead of memorizing the erudition of others, and the independence of mind and method which may come to be theirs, are invaluable experiences. But they will all rise up in chorus...
...course will be limited to 12 students, taken in order of application, and will be purely voluntary. During the week the class will be conducted through the environs of Cambridge to gain first-hand experience in surveying. The course is not connected with academic work, and will not allow credit toward a degree...
...situations. Despite books like "Humanity Uprooted" and the flocks of lecturers who annually return from Moscow brimming with new information, one can never be sure he has a true conception of what Russia is actually doing. It is notorious that the Soviet officials are decidedly circumspect in what they allow foreign visitors to see, and doubtless if Mr. Whalen took the trip they could manage to pull off a good show...
...curtailment of the 1932 football schedule and the decision to allow spring football to continue are both moderate solutions of differences of opinion. The athletic council has not indicated its reasons for the moves, but it is safe to say that there were two primary considerations, the demands of those interested in reform and the desires of the athletes...