Word: burdens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...insure as much of a cross section in each House as would be desirable. The present cross section has a strong tendency to be too artificial. Using the rank list would do away with the medley of red tape, choices, and club and pecuniary statistics that are an unmerciful burden on the shoulders of the House Masters and the Committee members. If no House took a greater proportion of students from one group on the list than from another, the other factors, social and financial, would take care of themselves. With little difficulty, additional provision could be made for students...
...play was first produced in Dublin last year, but the original score has been lost. The new rhythmic score, which is being written for incidental songs and choral chants, is to be played by percussion instruments exclusively, with a kettledrum bearing the main burden. The chorus is composed of two divisions of eight men, and is being provided by the Glee Club...
Died. Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock Sr., 68, matriarch of U. S. polo; of complications resulting from a fall from a horse three months ago; in Aiken, S. C. Mrs. Hitchcock taught polo to her famed son "Tommy," trained among other players Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney, Douglas Burden. An indomitable rider, she was acknowledged one of the most gallant sportswomen...
Although Harvard has steadily decreased the number of courses required for a degree since the advent of the tutorial system, University Hall has made no effort whatever to lighten the burden of those few men in each class who seek to complete their work in three years...
...much tutorial work as all other students and take courses equally advanced. To make possible for the course reduction that all others receive, with fifteen courses required for a degree and possible remission of one course during the third year for Honors candidates, would be to lighten their burden without lessening the advantages of a four-year college course. With the tutorial system and Divisional Examinations well established, it is as futile to judge a student's education by the number of courses taken as by the calendar time spent in tutorial work...