Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...said, "No, it is impossible that you can drop him out like that." Then I said, "What does D mean in Math" (This is now my main point, for Math. has always been his A study). The gentleman answered, "We go very swift at Harvard and probably your son cannot keep up the pace." Just think of such an answer. Then I said, "That E in Economics?" He said, "Well they are all taking first year at that." Mind you, to travel so swiftly in such a deep subject. At high school he had three years in German...
...University and Freshman tennis trials will continue this afternoon at Jarvis Field. On account of the new reservation system it is important that all men report at the courts on time. Matches cannot be postponed, and unless the players are on the spot and ready to play at the appointed time, both men will be defaulted. Scores of all matches must be posted at the field before 6 o'clock. The following University matches are scheduled for this afternoon: At 2 o'clock--W. W. Mansfield '15 vs. W. Rand '17; at 4 o'clock--L. Curtis...
...often been remarked that the average college graduate is woefully deficient in his English. Few college men are able to punctuate or spell with any degree of accuracy, and what is much harder to correct, they cannot express themselves clearly, verbally or on paper...
Those of us who are familiar with the Oxford University Union and have seen the every-day cordial interchanges and friendly greetings between members of the faculty (from Presidents to Dons) and students of every nation and station, cannot help contrasting all that with the conditions extant at out Harvard Union --to say nothing of the thronged assemblies at the Forums which are next to the social centre idea, a main feature of the Oxford Union...
...modernized version of Shake speare's "Merchant of Venice," the burlesque taking its name from the fact that Shylock takes a mortgage on Antonio's fattest calf instead of the conventional pound of flesh. Portia's defense is grounded on the claim that the calf cannot be moved without a permit from the board of health, on account of the prevalence of the foot and mouth disease. The book was written by D. C. Josephs '15 and J. A. Richards '15; the lyrics by C. A. Herter '15; and the music by F. van S. Hyde...