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...convention and unreasoning College opinion does not exist. Harvard feels that at least where indulgence of the 'play instinct' is concerned, the individual should be given ample opportunity, instruction, and facilities, but that he should make his own decisions as to the manner and extent to which he shall avail himself of them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VIEWS ON PHASES OF HARVARD LIFE GIVEN BY UNDERGRADUATES | 9/18/1936 | See Source »

...first Pasteur treatment was given almost 50 years ago. . . . The failure of victims to avail themselves of this formidable weapon . . . can be attributed largely to ignorance, carelessness, indifference and the widespread dissemination of such advice as that found in Mr. Terhune's article...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Dogman Damned | 8/17/1936 | See Source »

Before each flight, all commercial airlines presumably avail themselves of the best meteorological information their own or the Department of Commerce's air weather bureaus can provide. Whether a plane takes off usually depends on a unanimous decision by the line's dispatcher, meteorologist and the pilot, who in any case cannot be sent up against his will. The Department of Commerce controls plane movements to this extent: According to its size and surrounding terrain, every U. S. airport has an arbitrary ceiling, below which no outbound plane may take off, no inbound plane land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 1, 1936 | 6/1/1936 | See Source »

Democracy and bicycles are inseparable. Which are the bicycling nations in the world today? Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, England, the very sanctuaries of liberty! Who ever heard of a bicycle in Spain, Italy, Russia? The truth cannot be disguised. If nought else can avail, the Student Council must rush once more into the breach and pass a resolution advocating repeal of the tyrannical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HELL ON WHEELS | 3/14/1936 | See Source »

...student who does not avail himself of the gymnasium or the athletic field is wasting his own money. Without learning to play one or two sports reasonably well a person's education is distinctly one-sided, and his enjoyment of later life will be impaired if he is unable to seek relaxation in some sort of competitive game. At Harvard the high $25 levy would be unnecessary, but ten dollars per person would more than pay for the seven minor sports, if the H.A.A. were permitted to carry out the plan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMPULSORY CONTRIBUTION | 3/6/1936 | See Source »

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