Word: certain
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...last minute to abandon their already completed plans for an extensive trip during the Christmas vacation is most unfortunate both for the Clubs themselves and for the alumni in those localities which the schedule included. Conditions over which there was no control made it unwise to give concerts in certain cities, and the loss of these concerts and the impossibility of making other arrangements compelled the Clubs to abandon their plans. Possibly some of the places included in the Christmas itinerary can be visited in April. In any case, there should be no misunderstanding or ill-feeling on the part...
...suitable snap courses, or in other words courses that are supposed to yield a maximum amount of something in return for a minimum amount of nothing. The ideal course of this kind would be one which met once a year at the pleasure of the instructor, and it is certain that such a course, if over discovered, would with its members overflow any building in the University. The search for this ideal course goes on in the same way and in the same spirit as Ponce de Leon and the explorers of old spent their lives seeking the fountain...
...year will be held in the Parlor of Phillips Brooks House tomorrow afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock. All members are invited to attend these Teas which will continue until the first of March, with the exception of the Christmas vacation recess, and the mid-year examination period. Certain members of the Faculty and their wives will be present at each...
...year. In making the award the judges not only take into consideration the candidate's mental and moral excellence, but also his physical fitness, a and "all-around" man being preferred. The scholar is elected by the Committee from among such persons as pause the qualifying examinations and fulfill certain conditions as to citizenship, age, residence and scholarship. The qualifying examinations for candidates from Massachusetts this year were held at the Medical School on October 3 and 5. Similar scholarships will be awarded for periods beginning...
...passable ability of that of Miss Bryton is in this case wasted. Also the hero (we call Mr. Powers the buffoon) rushes through his sentences with rapidity which we may only explain by assuming that he knows their worthlessness and superfluity. There used to be a tradition of a certain American terseness and nervous directness in speech. It was a silly exaggeration but the pea dulum has swung back...