Word: drills
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...often regretted by old-time Alumni that the thorough-going drill in English composition which was formerly administered at Harvard should have been forcibly replaced by other considerations of the modern curriculum. At all events the maltreatment of grammar and frequent misspellings which occur on college papers today would seem to justify a great deal of adverse criticism, which any lingering influence of English A can hardly overcome. The publication of theses, however, might well act as an agent toward improving the presentation of subjects by aspiring undergraduates. This is especially true of such fields as Science or Economics where...
...Janeiro traced the disease in Brazil. The "barber bug" sucks the blood of armadillos and other rodents infected with the local trypanosomes. Then the bug bites humans, depositing the trypanosomes in the wound. The parasites twist through the blood, causing fever and other malaise. By and by they drill into the heart and other muscles and the thyroid and adrenal glands, bone marrow and brain, where they change their form and multiply. Their spreading through the heart muscle may cause death. The adrenal attack colors the skin bronze. The thyroid infection causes an idiocy...
...diamond drill 131 feet deep at Noranda startled the mining world by striking copper as well as gold. A town arose and the great Noranda mines were under way. In 1925 the 20,000 Noranda $100-par shares were split 100-for-one. At last week's price of $27 the old shares would be worth $2,700. At last year's high of $44 a share, Noranda's valuation was $96,000,000 against the original...
...stressed in yesterday's spring football practice, which was held on the Freshman field. Light scrimmage was conducted for about half an hour between two practice teams. Especial emphasis was laid on all forms of blocking in yesterday's workout. The various fundamentals will be the chief object of drill for the remaining period of practice...
Carrying even further Harvard's policy of not over-emphasizing out-of-season work, there will be no division of the men into three camps for competitive drill as previously announced. It is possible that in the final week of practice there may be one or two games between teams picked from the men who have turned out. This reduces the amount of competitive work far below what it has ever been before...