Word: conformance
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...news columns of this morning's CRIMSON contain the announcement of a widespread movement by leading educators to modernize religious teachings to conform to present-day science by adding to the Bible the humanistic utterances of such men as Lincoln and Carlyle and such documents as the Declaration of Independence. Quite a different point of view is shown in the statement reprinted elsewhere on this page reporting the progress of the Bryan Memorial University, a college in which every member of the faculty must swear to an implicit belief in the divine authorship of the Scriptures...
...here was a brusque note from President Lowell announcing that Harvard University would not raise the wages of the cleaning women, from thirty-five cents an hour (which Mr. Duvall knew Mrs. Trafton was receiving at the time of her sudden discharge) to thirty-seven cents to conform to the findings of a State board. Mr. Duvall, when he showed me the letter, asked if I did not agree that the circumstances warranted making it public. Fully appreciative of the ethical problem involved in disclosing a private letter, he did not finally decide to do so without serious thought...
...films released by the Foundation are not necessarily of their own production. From time to time films of a real scientific value are acquired from others. They are all edited and titled by the organization before release. All the acquisitions must conform to a high standard which the Foundation has set for its work...
Formerly all candidates for the Master's degree were required to have an elementary knowledge of French and German, but under the new plan the graduate school rules will conform with those of the College...
...like almost all U. S. institutions of college rank, limits its athletes to three years of collegiate competition. The Army allows members of its three upper classes? to play irrespective of varsity experience a cadet may have had before reaching West Point. The Navy thought the Army ought to conform with the general rule. The Army thought the Navy was complaining because it had been beaten by Army so often lately...