Word: doping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...American business is a hurdler facing a series of new untried jumps. Of course you can dope him over some of the hurdles but sooner or later will come a crash...
Cause of the confusion which is reigning in large quantities in the Yard is the Harvard CRIMSON's "confidential" guide to courses, a dope sheet distributed gratis the other day to the incoming Freshmen, telling them at just what counters in Harvard's pedagogical department store the best bargains are to be obtained. Neophytes were advised to "Stop" some courses, "Caution" on others, and "Go" on the rest, and were supplied as well with candid critiques...
Dean Leighton in his foreword emphasized the fact that the information contained in the Guide was as valuable as that in the catalogue since it gave, what he termed the "dope" by men who had taken the courses and not by those who had given them. Several professors who have commented on the pamphlet have declared that they valued the Guide because it acted as an incentive to section men who were inclined to become careless...
...foreword to the Guide, Freshman Dean Leighton writes: "The merit of these statements is that they are not 'official' and that they are written by men who have taken, not given, the various courses. They give 'the dope.' It has been the practice of the CRIMSON to publish a similar comment on courses in the early numbers at the beginning of each college year since 1925; this is the initial year of any pamphlet...
...foreword to the Guide, Freshman Dean Leighton writes: "The merit of these statements is that they are not 'official' and that they are written by men who have taken, not given, the various courses. They give 'the dope.' It has been the practice of the CRIMSON to publish a similar comment on courses in the early numbers at the beginning of each college year since 1925; this is the initial year of any pamphlet...