Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this period of flux in the evolution of the college curriculum that before any racial or important changes can be effective in higher education the ground must be fully prepared in the primary, and, more specifically, in the secondary schools. For purposes of effective cooperation in order to avoid those dangerous pitfalls which yawn for the incoming Freshman whenever the purposes of school and college diverge even slightly from the parallel, no finer means could be devised than such a conference as this where discussion is carried on before the background of a college in active movement...
...Immortality Necessary? Can We Avoid It?" is the subject of the first lecture of the second part of this year's series, and will be delivered by Dr. Frederic Palmer '69, editor of the Harvard Theological Review, Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The following Sunday "Philosophy of Religion" will be the subject of a lecture by Professor James H. Woods '87, Chairman of the University Department of Philosophy, and on March 2, Professor James B. Pratt '99, Professor of Philosophy, Williams College, will discuss "Faith and Worship...
...unweaned radicals. But examination proves it to be no more than a tardy sanity. "No more Reforms" signifies nothing, since reforms in the best sense result only from a desire to remove evils, and even the cheeriest optimist cannot hope to forestall all corruptions. The News' resolve to avoid platforms is praiseworthy, only because such platforms are usually a collection of meaningless sentences...
...chartered a sampan, and after no few experiences, managed to buy ten sacks of the valuable grain from a schooner at Macao. They sailed back to Hongkong, to find the port closed. They were caught while trying to slip in after dark, and had to durop their cargo to avoid a fine...
...first sight such a policy might seem inequitable, but it is provided that the qualifications for admission will remain unaltered while the number of immigrants will not be enlarged. It is pointed out that every year some 2000 certificates remain unused. How better could they be applied than to avoid the shortcomings of necessary provisions? The mechanics of immigration regulations is a matter for experts, but the most inexperienced can appreciate an effort to introduce a measure of discretion to problems where an Iron-clad ruling cannot fall, sometimes to be unfair...