Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...strong opposition to undergraduates who desired to accompany the football team to Annapolis, since the trip involved a three-days' absence from Cambridge and considerable interruption of College duties. This year, with the West Point game as the only one away from home, it is reasonable to expect that there will be many men who want to see the game, and the team will undoubtedly appreciate the support of Harvard men in the bleachers...
...graduate schools which are still in a comparatively new and experimental stage, the schools of Applied Science and of Business Administration, increased numbers make a prosperous outlook. The former may expect much greater growth now that the McKay fund is becoming available for improvements in instruction and equipment, but both are still essentially on trial and only the record of their graduates in professional and business life can be accepted as final evidences of success. Andover Seminary, which in numbers still occupies such an humble place, is yet becoming more firmly established in its new home and may confidently look...
...over grades, on the ground that the student's ignorance of his marks brings bliss to the instructor. Undoubtedly such freedom from tedious discussion and importunity is a blessing to the instructor. On the other hand, it leaves him defenceless against frequent suspicions of unfairness. It seems reasonable to expect that an instructor whose gradings are fair should be willing to support his judgment rather than take refuge behind a secret code of marks...
...Freshman meet this year will be held on Monday, October 25. All men who expect to enter either meet should report regularly from...
Undergraduates who expect to march in the torchlight procession tomorrow evening in celebration of President Lowell's inauguration must today procure at the Co-operative their outfits, consisting of a torch, a red sash and a stick of red-fire. The price of each outfit is $1. Since the demand for outfits may exceed the supply, each man should apply early at the Co-operative...