Word: avoids
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Date-Book kept under the supervision of the Student Council Committee on Organizations. As the writer stated, it is a public calendar of coming events in the University which at the same time endeavors to arrange the dates of these events in such a way as to avoid conflicts...
...Date-Book is a public calendar of coming events. Its scope is very broad. It not only aims to present a complete calendar of events, but also,--and perhaps even more important,--it undertakes to arrange dates in advance in such a way as to avoid conflicts. For example, the dates for the Symphony Concerts in Sanders, the Whiting Recitals, the Noble Lectures, etc., were arranged by means of the Date-Book; and events of University interest, from meetings of Registered ("interest") Clubs, to dramatic productions of the various organizations, come within its scope...
...wrong place. Pleasure is a by-product and has never been found by merely pursuing it. You are here for a far more serious purpose; to qualify yourself and others for a life work. Get into contact with men and find something in common with them. Avoid mediocrity in all things like poison and strive always to break records, not records of others but your own. Keep your minds bright, sharp, keen, and serviceable tools, and remember that the habit of handling masses of facts and seeing them as they are is the greatest part of life...
...avoid confusion carriages should arrive at the Kirkland street door and pedestrians at the Cambridge street door...
...cannot be denied that much the same perfunctory relation which it was sought to avoid still persists in spite of these efforts. At mid-years many a Senior adviser cannot recognize in the Yard the advisee whom in September he so cordially "welcomed"-and forgot. In their fear of appearing too patronizing, the Seniors have refrained from "chasing up" these men, apparently at cost of losing touch with them altogether. The relation should be a real and vital...