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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...adverse criticism which has come to hand so far has been too evidently based upon a superficial interpretation or a second hand acquaintance with the substance of the present Lampoon. In so far as this comment has ignored the serious issues below the surface, it is preposterous...

Author: By A. G. Churchill, | Title: Lampoon Trustees Theaten to Resign Unless Editors Will Apologize for Gibes in Last Issue--Officers Make Statement | 2/16/1929 | See Source »

...down and talk this thing over. Call in the men from the Garden and the courts, from Hemenway and Soldiers Field. God knows they'll be glad enough to rest a moment! There they come, bandaged, on crutches, gashed and bruised...

Author: By R. W. P., | Title: THE CRIME | 2/16/1929 | See Source »

...university with its elaborate machinery of instruction would then come into play to supplement college instruction. The university professors would teach; and the students of each college, under the supervision and by the advice of the master of the college, would select their courses. The system of general university electives would be combined with prescribed home courses in each individual college. The master would give tone and character to his college, and to each individual student in it. The final degree, bearing the name and seal of Harvard, would be conferred as the result of examinations in common...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: C. F. Adams '88 Would Have Divided University Into Group of Houses in 1906--Announces Plan in Address at Columbia | 2/12/1929 | See Source »

...stimulate interest in the question. Although the individual opinions of the layman are likely to be determined by his emotions and prejudices, the essentials of the problem are fundamentally of a scientific nature. Consequently the expert judgement of a law professor is particularly valuable in assisting the legislators to come to intelligent conclusions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MODERN LEADER | 2/12/1929 | See Source »

...merit thoughtful attention. Its outstanding characteristics are length and purely factual emphasis. Both tend to minimize the importance of thought and selection on the part of the writer. Assuredly an examiner should demand facts in the answers to his questions; but this does not mean that facts must come tumbling out of the writer like nickels from an opened slot machine. The examiner should rather seek to test not only knowledge, but also the student's selective ability in using that knowledge to support his own reactions. This in turn demands time. In other words a short examination, calling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BOOK OF REVELATION | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

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