Word: evens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...than to labor all year for three dull C's and a D in his college courses. That being the case, would he not, more logically, be a student at an aviation school that at Harvard or Yale? In the end, he might decide that a college diploma is even more desirable than the pilot's license. If he did, he could then dismiss aviation from his mind, enter college, and settle down to work without any of the conflicts which now disturb...
...think, fair to say that the colleges have trained very few creative artists in any field of art, with the possible exception of literature. Even in that department it is interesting to recall Barrett Wendell's complaint that, during his twenty-five years as a teacher of English composition, he had produced not a single great writer...
...last year which led to the re-organization and expansion of the Chinese Department in the University. It has been frequently pointed out that there are vast stores of knowledge of an older civilization than any in the Occident that are all but ignored in the West. But of even more importance is the spread of European institutions and culture to the East...
...music can be called at best no more than fair. There are no outstanding numbers and no startling presentations of what there are. The cast is alright; it may even be the same as that which played in New York as far as we can remember, (though of course the costumes are a little dirtier by this time). But all of this just goes to prove that the important thing about it all is the unimportance of minor details like these. The Marx brothers are distinctly the show, and by all means see them now for they...
...vast body of Western graduates, and to the even greater body of Big Ten associates the presence of the University Band in its traditional role will satisfy a definite need. It is not so much the individual pride in a swinging mass of musicians as merely a deep seated satisfaction at seeing Harvard in full regalia, the instinctive desire for the war paint and tom-tom of inter-collegiate and in this case intersectional conflict. Goodwill is distinctly of practical value and in this action the Student Council has made a strong investment...