Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Considering what you get out of it, you certainly spend an awful lot of time in college," was the opinion of Clarence Darrow, famous criminal lawyer, when interviewed for the CRIMSON. "I have no doubt that college is beneficial to some, but if, as it appears to me, the aim of the majority of men is to make money, it is a great waste of time...
...Assignments of reading pertaining to each course will constitute the sole mechanical requirement of the plan but these will not be of so strenuous a nature as to preclude the possibility of undertaking them according to their relative importance to the individual. The examinations succeeding will show beyond any doubt whether the student has made constructive use of his time or whether he has accepted it merely as a delightfully refreshing period of rest imposed by a benignant faculty...
...pointed out that every production it has gives in recent years has been either its first performance in America or has exploited a new theatrical field. "The Taming of the Shrew," presented with modernized dress and action, is the latest and most novel thing it has done. Without doubt, he said the experiment will be carefully watched by producers, seeking a new from of theatrical entertainment...
...changed its president. Dr. William M. Burton, who "cracked" petroleum so hard that it yielded twice as much gasoline, was granted his wish to retire, was succeeded by Edward G. Seubert, a onetime newsboy. Soon, no doubt, the success magazines will be asking Mr. Seubert for the story of his rise. It is an epitome of the great U. S. biography, a machinist's helper at 15, a bookkeeper whose accounts balanced, a chief clerk who plugged, a vice president -one of the faithful rewarded when he reached a healthy...
Nevertheless, there is no doubt but that its failure to appear this year has been a distinct inconvenience, and has discovered a distinct need for its appearance next year. The Student Council, however, did not feel justified in hiring a non-graduate to put out the Register, for such a scheme has never met with success...