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Although the highly significant changes, which were announced yesterday at University Hall, will leave the undergraduate body, harrowed by examinations, in a slightly dazed condition, they augur well for a more liberal education. The abolition for upperclassmen of hour examinations, the cancellation of their compulsory attendance at classes, and the relaxation of probation all point in one direction; the Harvard undergraduate shall become a responsible student. Upon him alone will depend the success or failure of his college curriculum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DROPPING THE POLICE | 6/1/1934 | See Source »

...college policemen's claim to the Big Three basketball title false. No sooner had the smoke cleared from this vitriolic assault than a barrage (collect) was wired from Princeton claiming a misunderstanding of league agreements and dissension in the Campus Cop and Princeton Proctor's ranks. This does not augur well for Big Three relations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 3/1/1933 | See Source »

Steel, Textiles, Autos Augur Business' Upturn 24 COAL MINES

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDUSTRY: Headlines | 8/8/1932 | See Source »

...strongly urge that the sport be inaugurated here next fall in accordance with a plan similar to that outlined above. The popularity which it has experienced at those places where it has been tried, and the fact that it is to be adopted at other institutions next year, augur well for the game's success here. The Princetonian

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football For the Light Man | 6/5/1931 | See Source »

...Commission: Chairman Harvey Wiley Corbett (New York); Edward Herbert Bennett (Chicago); Hubert Burnham (Chicago); John Augur Holabird (Chicago); Raymond Mathewson Hood (New York); Ralph Thomas Walker (New York); Paul Philippe Cret (Philadelphia); Arthur Brown Jr. (San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Wrightites v. Chicago | 3/9/1931 | See Source »

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