Word: confered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...more reasonable adjustment of the two systems course and tutorial will confer the added benefits of freeing some gifted teachers for a share of tutorial work. It will also give the undergraduate time to sit in on lecture courses which he finds quite impossible at present. If the tutorial system does indeed foster the end for which the College is established, is there any reason why the old system should not be firmly shaped to allow it full scope...
Perhaps the success of European air transport may be attributed to the fact that it is heavily subsidized by the governments. Notwthstanding the present program of strict economy at Washington, government support for needed air lines would be entirely justified by the benefits such rapid transportation would confer upon the country. Much of the early railroad construction was carried out by means of state or federal subsidies in one form or another, and the results have in most cases amply warrented the expenditures. Through judicious government aid there could be built up a system of air transportation which would...
...given constructive criticism are secondary and industrial education, municipal government, and international relations. In 1909, on his resignation from the presidency of the University, he was offered the post of Ambassador at the Court of St. James, the highest diplomatic honor which the President of the United States can confer, but he declined on account of his advanced years...
...Hasty Pudding Club yesterday afternoon, the competition for parts in "Laugh It Off", this year's pudding production, was officially begun. Louis Silvers, who has come to Cambridge for a two-weeks stay to take charge of the coaching end of the show, was present at the meeting to confer with the candidates, whom he divided into groups according to their respective parts. Last night the play was read to the competing members of the club...
...Confer With Callahan...