Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Because of the lost time, many tutors have told their tutees in advance the questions they are submitting for the essay. Other students have complained that the exam will now be unfair because some people will be better prepared than others, although all of the essays will be graded by the same committee, none of whose members are tutors...
Captain Benka seems to feel that this is just a warm-up for things to come. "This is far from being the biggest meet of the year," he said. "We'd better be looking forward to the Yale meet and the Heps and avenging our indoor loss to Yale...
...freshmen that this is probably the biggest event in the history of Harvard--of course not as big as the bust, but still you can't sell tickets for something like that. Not only is Jubilee in itself the biggest thing, but this very Jubilee is even better than all the others, so you should buy your tickets before they are all sold out. A subtle point often connected with this theory is that because this is the best Jubilee, it is naturally also the most expensive ($19 last year, $22 this year...
...false impression on the public mind." After relating the events as they saw them, the students substantiated the Juniors' charges agains President Quincy and added one of their own: that Quincy actually told Barnwell when he arrived at Harvard that he did not like his attitude, and he had better watch out. In the end they commented in a vein of fairness "that the fault lies by no means upon the students alone. . . . We cannot but think that the renewal of the disturbances was owing to a want of discretion on the part of the President...
Kelly, star center-fielder for last year's undefeated freshman team, made the switch to shortstop this year with amazing ease. Coach Loyal Park remarked at Kelly's play, "Bill has done an outstanding job in making the transition, better than anyone every expected...