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Scott went on to assert that he believed less than 50 of the Oklahoma Aggies would drop out of college if football ceased to exist there. As a final suggestion he mentioned that a roof could be built over the stadium to make "a fine livestock pavilion...
...representing biological processes in terms of exact mathematics. Statistical mathematics is extensively used in "some fields of life-science-for example, in genetics, for charting the occurrence of hereditary variations-and a great many biological processes have been reduced to chemical equations. But chemical equations are essentially descriptive. They assert that certain substances combine or dissociate to form other substances, but skim over the fundamental physical processes...
...first place, if after November Hours the budding mathematician attempts to change his section, he will find that this is quite impossible because no two instructors cover the field in the same order. And not only do the section men assert their independence in the matter of order, but they also differ in their exams and teaching technique. On the one hand there are men who make every effort to teach, to clarify the subject to even the slowest student; on the other hand there are those who merely lecture, treating any question as an inexcusable interruption. Of course...
Although Dick Kleberg was nominated for the Roosevelt Purge list this year he did not make it, partly because in the 14th District it would be hard to purge a King-Kleberg, partly be cause in Washington Rancher Kleberg has not sought to assert his birthright of leadership. Consensus: a conscientious, well-intentioned Congressman less unusual and less frigid than he looks, more independent than some of his colleagues because he is less ambitious and his interests are more special...
...after the kickoff on their own 20. The Coasters held Kirkland for which lasted throughout the whole first quarter. Slowly, Whitman's downs, however, in the first of a series of brilliant goal-line stands superb kicking brought Adams back to less dangerous territory, and then Adams began to assert itself...