Word: effective
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Boys. They tremble at a summons from "The Library," dread the tutor's ticket which carries penalties ranging from a sharp look, or writing 100 lines of Latin, to a sound tanning. But Eton's humbling birch rods, fagging and games are no match for the educational effect of Eton's snobbish traditions. Today it is still true of its products that "Etonians as a class are not popular with non-Etonians...
...statement said: "The Union believes that the central issue--that two promising academic careers have, in effect, been terminated--has not been squarely met. The Union therefore emphatically supports the recommendation of the Committee...
...creations are bristling with original, biting observations that have the reader chuckling at every line. Only infrequently does he lapse, inevitably perhaps, into frequently does he lapse, inevitably perhaps, into over absurdities of expression bordering on baby-talk. But this occasional coyness detracts little from the general effect...
...beginning course in Physiography. Geography 5b and 7b, the Physiography of North and South America respectively are considered better courses in Physiography from the point of view of the human geographer. Course 4a was criticized as being too technical for one in Systematic Geography which deals with its effect on humans. Bryan, who gives this course, is primarily an authority on glacial geology, outside of Physiography itself, and Geography concentrators find the course rather useless. The lack of a good textbook adds to their difficulties. But there are many facts in Physiography which are necessary for the Divisional exams...
Within a week of the end of spring vacation, 1937, the Crimson editorialized to the effect that the Walsh-Sweezy case was closed. The case had broken out in the press during the vacation. There was a suggestion that University Hall had made up its mind,--that all was for the best...