Word: certain
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...choose one from several prescribed systems of courses. This system which considers an undergraduate too inexperienced to elect his own courses, yet experienced enough to determine the all important question of his life work, is of value only to the man who has a particular genius for a certain profession. Such men are few, The majority of undergraduates are in college for the very purpose of discovering for what work they are fitted, Bravery's man in contact with the whole field of learning. Thus by a process" of alimination he can discover for what he is best adapted. When...
...spite of this good material, a successful season is by no means certain. One year of no baseball, and one year of "Informals," do not tend to produce a winning team; but Coach Duffy can be trusted to develop such a nine if it is a possibility...
...practically certain that the regular triangular debates with Yale and Princeton for both Freshman and University teams will be held about the first or second week in May. The Freshman Debating Club, which held its first meeting Wednesday night, will have trials for the team throughout the spring...
...Harvard Engineering School is organized to teach science to men who are preparing to practice engineering, or certain other sciences, as professions; and those who mean to take up occupations wherein technical training is necessary, or useful. The work of this school, however, covers only part of the instruction in applied science in Harvard University; for other departments of the University have for years been carrying on most important work in applied science. The newly reorganized school includes mechanical, electrical, civil, sanitary, mining and metallurgical engineering, and industrial chemistry often called 'chemical engineering' which is intended...
...Certain graduate opinion may incline toward the view that the physical development of large numbers of men is of greater importance than the defeat of Harvard and Princeton, but we feel that a series of defeats at their hands would quickly make clear the need of victory for its own sake and for its general stimulus to sport as a whole. --Yale News...