Word: betterments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thunder from Plympton Street--the evils of the system. It may be that the upperclassmen have some sentiment about breaking established attachment with the Georgian. And there will naturally and rightly be some concern about the fate of the Clubs. But if their place is equally well or better filled by the Houses, there ought to be no great regret if some of them at least do go out of existence...
...have no doubt whatever that the writer of your leading article on History 2 in today's number of the CRIMSON was actuated solely by the desire to offer constructive criticism. The criticism I would accept with greater alacrity if it were better fortified with accurate factual and statistical data. Almost every statement made in the editorial appears to me to be erroneous or misleading. Marriott's Revolution of 1848 was in no sense a prescribed book, and every member of--the course was free to read something else on the same subject. Now that I know that all members...
...this course for those required to take qualitative analysis, but any who do not need it would do well to look elsewhere for an advanced course in organic chemistry. For the former class it will be interesting to hear that some think the management of the course far better in the first half year when the same course is given under the heading of Chemistry...
...mind you, objecting to the principle behind the Harvard denizens' actions. But they should have known better. Live and let live. Did the Yale Record attempt to have the Harvard Lampoon punished for stealing the fence? Aren't we all the victims at times of the exorbitancy of bootleggers, ticket brokers, taxi drivers and, I well remember, stock markets? No doubt Yale is now laughing heartily at Harvard's expense...
...clear just wherein lies the advantage of having the groups more wieldy, better organized. There will, perhaps, be more opportunity for the students to mingle with the faculty to have the lamp of truth in the very midst of their lives instead of only on the classroom fringe-for the so-called "inner-college" plan provides professors' rooms in the dormitories. This may prove a valuable stimulus to that class of students inherently brilliant, but also lazy, who would like to know some bother to find them...