Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been 370, with the greatest numbers coming between 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock. Yesterday the heat swelled the daily number to 450. If the pool becomes too crowded we may be reluctantly forced to require men to sign up, as is done for squash; but we will avoid this if possible. I advise all men intending to sign for lockers to do so immediately, as those on the north side of the building have all been taken." Ulen expects to have two additional assistants aiding him and Robert Muir in giving instruction to all who want...
...With the assistance of N. R. Danielian '28 and Donald Baker, Carr will select a first team for the first game of the season with Wesleyan on October 4. A second team with a regular schedule will also be formed, with games to be played on Friday afternoons to avoid conflicts with the University and Freshman schedules...
...some extent the grave misfortune of becoming snared in some course that has no profit, an extremely expensive experience in the four short years of college. Naturally imperfect and with many short comings as a result of the personal element of the opinions, nevertheless it can help to avoid the tragedy of wasted time...
Someone once said: "There is no expedient to which man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking." Is not this to some extent true? Opinions on public questions are manufactured for us by the various organs of propaganda; information is served up in capsule form; we prefer summaries rather than substance; there are so many diversions to occupy us that we have little time for anything...
Near Norwich, N. Y., the Goodyear VIII, with the veteran Ward Tunte Van Orman and Alan MacCracken, was hurled down 8,000 ft. by a vertical current. The basket hit the earth, bounced up again, sailed on. Near Canton, Mass., the pilots deliberately landed, they said, to avoid being blown to sea. With a distance mark of 550 mi. they were (unofficially) winners of the fifth consecutive U. S. victory...