Word: cross
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have been in contact with a number of men of the class of '48, and have heard virtually no adverse comment. From my experience, and the experience of several of my friends, most men in the class seem quite content that the ballot represents an equitable and capable cross-section of the class. It seems to me that the "popular criticism" which you mentioned in the headline is not in keeping with the facts, and the reference to the "snag in the election machinery" is completely unfounded inasmuch as the slate has been accepted and the election...
...only factor. Nor was more intellectual capacity the only criterion. As in all considerations for representatives of a class, class prominence, popularity, and congeniality are very significant factors. Some men were nominated primarily for one reason, others for somewhat different reasons. The nominees as a whole present an excellent cross-section of the class, all factors taken into consideration. It is granted that the names of some deserving men may have been omitted, but the nominating committee does not claim infallibility. The unlimited petition policy was instituted to compensate for that shortcoming...
...Andover at Andover Feb. 14 St. George at Newport Feb. 21 Exeter Feb. 28 B. U. Mar. 6 Dartmouth at Hanover Mar. 13 Yale at New Haven FRESHMAN BASKETBALL Dec. 13 Tufts at Tufts Dec. 20 B.C. at Boston Garden Jan. 10 Milton Academy Jan. 13 Holy Cross Jan. 14 Tufts Feb. 4 Tabor Academy Feb. 7 Penn Charter Feb. 11 Exeter Feb. 18 Exeter at Exeter Feb. 21 Andover Feb. 28 Brown at Providence Mar. 9 Dartmouth at Boston Garden Mar. 13 Yale at New Haven (Home games at Indoor Athletic Building.) JAYVEE BASKETBALL Dec. 12 Univ. of Conn...
Watson reported that in the spring, the College will continue the procedure of giving preference for House openings to Seniors who have never resided in Houses. However, an equal number of Juniors and Sophomores will be accepted in order to maintain traditional House cross-sections of class groups...
Cautiously Vag started to cross Massachusetts Avenue, then with an air of bravado, he dodged a taxi. A flake of snow hit, him in the eye. Direct hit, he said to himself, and though his eye watered he smiled expansively at nobody and continued across the Yard. Where was he walking to! Didn't he have to see someone at University Hall, or was it Lehman! Well, lot the big boys wait. He was taking a walk to think things over, to sum things up. The happiest days of his life, and perhaps in a way the least useful, that...