Word: explained
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...rules with regard to probation are generally and thoroughly misunderstood, thereby creating no too cordial feeling between the undergraduates and the College Office, it seems worth while to explain that the distinction of probation is conferred and recalled practically by the machinations of an unwritten rule, and not at the whim and fancy of the much-abused Administrative Board...
Perhaps you would be good enough to explain to some of your readers, the meaning and purpose of the Freshman Red Book. This book was begun by a self-appointed committee, without the knowledge or consent of the Freshman class. It is an innovation; and an innovation should always be carefully considered before it becomes a fact. Very likely, the Freshman class, if consulted, would approve the Red Book, but as they know nothing about it, it is now greatly criticised. Perhaps it would be a help for all parties, if more was known about it, what its financial basis...
...looks as if one would begin by asking why a man comes to college, but that is like a man's asking why he had himself born; there are but few men who can explain that rationally. When you are born, it becomes important to ask why. If you say you came to college in order to get a degree, it seems like saying you were born in order to get a decent funeral--you leave out all the interests of life coming between the birth and the grave...
...Theological Institution, will deliver the annual Dudleian lecture in Emerson J this evening at 8 o'clock. The title of the lecture will be "Sacerdotalism." The subject is the last of the series of four prescribed in 1750 by the founder of the lectureship, Judge Paul Dudley, 1690, to explain and prove "the validity of the ordination of ministers and pasters of the church." The lecture will be open to the public...
...exhibition is designed to illustrate soine of the newer forms of office appliances and other deviees representing the latest advances in labor saving equipment for business purposes. There will be about a dozen devices on exhibition and in most cases representatives of the exhibiting firms will be present to explain the way in which the machines operate and the results they are designed to secure. The exhibition will be open to all members of the University...