Word: courting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...action of the authorities, is unknown. Many of the midshipmen claim that it is because of the unusually severe examinations. This is denied by the instructors, who state that they were of the customary standard. The real trouble is probably traceable to the fact that the court of inquiry which investigated the scholastic methods of the academy last year recommended abolishment of the "dope" system, as it was called, and an order forbidding the use of any kind of special help followed. This help, it is claimed by many of the midshipmen, is needed by the average youth in order...
...Reading and H. B. Harris, who were on trial for alleged conspiracy in falsely swearing and certifying the registration in connection with the assessment of W. Townsend '16 as a voter, both pleaded nolo contendere in court yesterday afternoon and were sentenced by Judge Hugo Dubuque, presiding in place of Judge Raymond, to pay fines of $200 each. Payment was ordered extended a reasonable length of time. In the first indictment which involved Harris only, the jury was unable to come to any decision...
...than two years ago Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology entered into an agreement for co-operative instruction in certain scientific subjects, to be conducted out of the income of the Gordon McKay Endowment. It is generally known that the Harvard Corporation has filed with the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts a bill for instructions to determine whether the income from this endowment can be used as the Agreement provides. The general situation may be summarized as follows...
...states that in the opinion of the Harvard authorities the co-operative plan of education proposed by the Agreement is in complete accord with the provisions of the Endowment but that, as the present Trustees of the Endowment are doubtful of its legality, the University desires instruction from the court...
...second of the registration cases being tried before Judge Raymond in the superior court in East Cambridge, was again postponed yesterday, the time being spent in conference. The defendants in this case are H. B. Harris and A. K. Reading, both charged with conspiracy in falsely swearing and certifying in connection with the assessment of W. Townsend '16 to be a voter...