Word: allowance
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Cornell University, junior and freshman eights were on the water on Thursday for the first time this season. The ice in the Cayuga inlet had to be dynamited to allow the crews enough room for good practice. Four of the men in the first boat rowed against Harvard last year, while three were members of the 1916 Freshman eight...
...order to allow as many men as possible to bat at the same time, the Cage is divided into four quarters by large nets. Batting practice is carried on in each division, without interference from the others. The fielding work has been only of the primary sort, for the size of the Cage and nature of the ground does not permit the hitting of hard grounders. In addition to the batting and fielding practice, some attention has been paid to sliding...
...expression to take the place of one; and for the development of tentative geniuses, there would still be the limited classes, English 12 and 5. The University in the appointment of Mr. Castle to investigate undergraduate English, has proved its interest in the movement for a higher standard. To allow the mediocre man in English A the best opportunities for bettering himself in succeeding years would seem to be one of the first steps in the movement...
...Lowell and also with Professor Ford, chairman of the Modern Language Department, brought about the following changes to be made in the oral examinations; first, to have a different passage for each candidate, to be selected at ran- dom from several books chosen for the examinations, and second, to allow each candidate to have two or three passages if one does not give him sufficient opportunity to show his knowledge. This plan, it is hoped, will eliminate all grounds for criticism about the unfairness of the examinations. In regard to the second matter, the Committee was opposed to increasing...
...Board of Athletic Control of Princeton University has decided not to allow any of the athletes under its charge to write "specialist" stories for the daily papers. Last fall several of the football players wrote signed articles for the newspapers. This brought on the action of the Board...