Word: earns
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...will naturally expect no declaration of policy [about Edinburgh University] from me at this stage. But I firmly believe that a university must turn out men & women who are fit to live, as well as fit to earn a living . . . After all, we sleep for one third of our time, we work another third-but there is still a third left. Education should prepare one for the whole of one's waking life...
...people who earn a living measuring lighting do so with ingenious little instruments called photometers, which register in "foot-candles." The unit equals just about the amount of light turned about the amount of light turned out by an ordinary 100 watt bulb ten feet away; lighting engineers have set 15 foot-candles as rock-bottom for any room in which people will be reading or writing. And there is not a big lecture room in the College that tops ten. Under ideal conditions, Emerson D varies from six to eight, Mallinckrodt MB-9 just reaches nine, and the handsome...
Plans for badminton intramural took a new turn yesterday when 53 members of the freshman class signed up to participate in the contests later this month. Should all 53 play, the freshman will earn 365 points toward the inter-class all sports trophy under the new Athletic Association intramural point system...
...outstanding skill and participation in Annex sports at an AA cider and doughnuts party in Cabot game room yesterday afternoon. Pictured above are Patricia Hughes, Marion Marshall, and Ann Clark, AA president--all '49--and Nina Emerson '50 each of whom accumulated more than the 750 points required to earn the jacket and seal, which is the highest athletic award at Radcliffe...
...football specialists to leave college without ever having made a tackle, recovered an enemy fumble, or intercepted a pass. How do you pick All-Americas from such half-players? The best argument for free substitutions was that it gave more kids a chance to get into the game, and earn their letter...