Word: controls
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...honest and efficient tutoring there is a wide and legitimate field. The present system in use at Cambridge is, for the most part, inefficient and the honesty of some of its methods has been questioned by "the powers that be." If the Faculty were to assume direct control of the tutoring system, the present unsatisfactory condition of affairs might easily be remedied. Such control could take various forms, but probably the best results would be obtained by the appointment of students in each course to act as tutors. The heads of courses would select, from among their students...
...Wright type, but with new devices of its own. It has no rear planes. Up and down motion as well as transverse stability is governed by two transverse planes on the front of the machine; and a small triangular plane, also in front, gives lateral direction. The levers for control of elevation are held in either hand of the operator, and the rope governing the lateral plane is controlled by the movements of his body...
...Freshman eight yesterday was encouraging. Meyer, who was shifted from bow to 7 in the latter part of last week, passes the stroke back from Goodale better than Moffat did, and the changes in the bow of the boat work for the better. Although Cutler has poor control of his oar at 3 and Stratton at 6 is inclined to fall over on the catch, in yesterday's short work-out the boat spaced well and did not pound as much as it has done formerly on the finish...
Dartmouth took the postponed game on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon by the score of 2 to 1. A succession of errors by the University team was responsible for the defeat, as Hicks pitched a good game, though he evidently did not have as good control as on Tuesday...
...that the structure must contain a draw, it is, nevertheless, an encouraging sign, for the chief obstacle in the way of its erection has been the prolonged failure of the government to reach any decision whatever. Another indication that the subject is finally attracting the attention of those in control of the navigable inland waterways of our country, is that Congressman McCall has introduced a bill into the House of Representatives to reverse the decision of the War Department. The only cause for doubting the excellence of this action from the Harvard standpoint is the possibility that further delay...