Word: apt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...year of the Administrative Board of the College, when he was the oldest and I was one of the youngest of its members, how he always seemed to take the side of a student in trouble, much to the impatience of some of us younger brethren, who were too apt to think that "something must really be done about this case." But when he wished not to save you, you were always made to feel that your punishment was not greater than you could bear, and that you could make it serve you to something better...
...open to undergraduate and graduate competition, which list has been reprinted from the College Catalogue. They vary but little from one year to the next, but hidden away in a 700 page book in the midst of every other possible bit of academic information concerning the University, they are apt to be overlooked, and for that reason the CRIMSON is in the habit of publishing them early in the year in the hope that they may be noticed by some who otherwise might be ignorant of the possibilities at hand. And it is very doubtful if these possibilities are appreciated...
...almost appear that this none too inspiring topic has found in our midst a congenial place of permanent abode. But the tenor of this editorial is sane and indicious; the writer is sage enough to have observed that in this world they who seek equity must do equity; more apt to be effected through the channels of compromise than through a rigid insistence by one side upon the letter of its claims. Few things are more easy than to persuade men of the absolute justice of their own cause, and to lead them to the folly of imagining that arguments...
...from the Western cities come to Harvard as compared with the number that go to other universities, that a boy in a Western preparatory school can get very little accurate information in regard to life here. Whatever information he gets is apt to be misrepresented by some friend who is trying to persuade him to go to another university. The boy writes for a Harvard Catalogue, and in it he finds much about entrance examinations, choice of courses, and dormitories owned by the University; and little or nothing about student activities, athletics, and private dormitories. With all of these points...
...coming from the West and entering Harvard without having attended a preparatory school in the East comes into an entirely different atmosphere and entirely different surroundings from those which he is used to. He is apt to misinterpret the conservatism which he finds here as a rank lack of interest. This is more or less of a disadvantage to Western men, but a disadvantage entirely due to a misunderstanding. The advantages are many. Besides the well-recognized advantages which are open to everyone, the Westerner has the advantage of being in a new and different situation, so he very naturally...