Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...concentrators the field has nothing satisfactory to offer except course A, on the biological evolution of man from the apes. While at least the first half of Biology D is recommended for this course, it is not necessary. The lectures, by Hooton and Kluckhohn, are clear and interesting, and are illustrated with slides...
...suggestions for future work in the President's report make it clear that the Council has left much undone that it can well do next year. The problem of both Freshman and Senior elections it still unsolved, and from the present sentiment of the Council it can be deduced that certain parts of these may need to be abolished. This brings us to its general attitude. Certainly, the Council has no swords to draw with University Hall, for Dean Hanford has been the acme of cooperation. Certainly, also, because of Harvard's Jaissez-faire attitude toward the student, it would...
...large number of disconcerted readers who are mystified by some of the modern excursions into versification, Robert Hillyer's "First Principles of Verse" will allow them to regain their equilibrium by its clear presentation of the fundamental elements of poetry. It is a practical, elementary handbook for the poet or critic, but its significance lies in the ultra-conservative attitude of this well-known modern poet, who has been completely uninfluenced by the meanderings of some of his contemporaries...
...final part, a lecture on "Some-roots in English Poetry," Professor Hillyer decries free verse because it has broken with the traditions of English poetry. "It is quite clear," he adds, "that a good poet must be at home in his countryside and his world, and must be at one with the great spirit and traditions of the past." But it is hard to agree completely that new form cannot be found for new thoughts, and that such expression can not also be poetry. Be that as it may, however, Mr. Hillyer as a poet and a teacher has written...
...reform slate was unopposed, those die-hards who wished to show disapproval had only one way to do so: by scratching names off the ballots. The man whose name was scratched most-163 times-was shock-haired Broker Paul Vincent Shields of Shields & Co. For this the reason was clear: Broker Shields, more than any other Wall Streeter, is responsible for the Exchange's change of front...