Word: certain
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Economic History of the United States," lately published, three in Gore Hall and five in Harvard Hall; and we try, particularly by means of the large duplicate collection in Harvard Hall, to keep fairly abreast with the demand in the large courses. On the other hand, there are certain books which men are expected to buy for themselves and which we do not attempt to duplicate. There are, of course, others of which our supply of one or two copies is inadequate, and some such cases will doubtless always exist, since only a small sum (comparatively) can be devoted...
...prescribed reading were done and tested before, instead of after, the lectures covering the same ground. Until some such method is adopted, by which lecturers may be enabled to tell their students things of real value to them, the undergraduate attitude with regard to the cutting of certain courses can not be considered wholly unreasonable...
...suggestion has been made more than once that Harvard would be better off if it were moved from Cambridge and placed in some spot more remote from the centre of population, and it is evident that certain advantages would come from such a change. But tradition and history have bound Cambridge and Harvard together so long that it would be a pity to have the ties broken. We hope and believe that the troublesome question of taxation may be settled once for all to the satisfaction of both the city and the University, and that they will continue to live...
...committee would also like to have those men call this morning, who had intended to retain their rooms in the north and middle entries of Thayer; but relinquished them in favor of the incoming Seniors, and who desire a certain preference in the Bursar's allotment of College rooms...
...revelation in some courses where a certain amount of reading aloud is necessary, to hear the baiting, inarticulate efforts of many of the students. In fact, in some literature courses the instructor is obliged to read every word of the text aloud himself, because the men in the class are so incapable in this respect that the sense is completely obliterated. This inability to read aloud is not only to be found among undergraduates, but is conspicuously present among people in almost all walks of life. Why this part of a man's education should be so utterly neglected, unless...