Word: extras
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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However, several extra-curricular activities, such as the Glee and Music Clubs, are tied up intimately with the department and receive the wholehearted support of faculty members. Activity in these organizations can compensate in part for the total lack of "practical music" courses, but except in the case of the Glee Club, only the real virtuoso can gain much benefit from these activities...
...constitution is based on an intricate balance between a "Representative Body," 32 men representing House Committees, athletic teams, and extra-curricular organizations; and a "Permanent Body," 32 working members who have risen through the ranks of a long candidacy...
...main trouble with the Key constitution as it stands now is that its Executive Board is composed of representatives from extra-curricular organizations, athletic committee, etc. to the extent of 37 members. This group is divided in its interests and, in most cases, unable or unwilling to do much of the every-day practical work...
Three considerations go into electing an undergraduate to Phi Beta Kappa. First, he must have a high scholastic standing. Second, his intellectual accomplishments and general promise are evaluated by the candidate's tutor. Third, his overall achievement in his undergraduate days in the line of extra-curricular activities as well as in the purely academic field is weighed by a committee composed of faculty members, graduate, and undergraduate Phi Beta Kappas...
Bottleneck. In Horsham, England, police were making little progress in solving a burglary until they put some extra men on the case to help Police Sergeant William J. Wykes, got results when Wykes was arrested as the culprit...