Word: certain
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Vagabond, poor mortal that he is in spite of certain academic proclivities, has hidden away in his mind a few problems and questions which from time to time come forth to irk him with their barbed amorphousness. And among these is the desire to know the identity of the seer who made the immortal observation that "it never rains but it pours." Could he but discover the name of that sooth-sayer, the Vagabond would--at least not wonder any longer and be able to give credit where it is due when the truth of the remark is manifestly clear...
...month or six weeks to two years. In the shorter courses the training is intensive and in the longer ones it is combined with actual store practice. In each case the attempt is made to instruct the trainee in various selling and non-selling functions and to give a certain amount of practice in the various phases of Merchandising and Management work...
Naturally such a change would meet with a great deal of opposition, especially from graduates, but surely after taking the first stand in the country supporting the policy of "athletics for all," Harvard can accept a certain amount of adverse criticism if she feels that she is following a policy which is in accord with that held at present...
...Boston League of Nations Association, which has offered to support a permanent secretariat, is an asset that will insure a certain amount of stability in the organization. This secretariat with undoubtedly perform the tiresome routine necessary to the mobilization of the various independent college organizations, and will pave the way to well planned, smoothly executed assemblies...
...respectively. Speaking of this, President Lowell declared, "Any courses which are regarded by the students as distinctly easier than the others demoralize the whole system. One must be very careful that if one has a course that is more attractive than others, one makes this harder, thereby keeping a certain high standard of endeavor...