Word: failed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most probable, I think slight refreshments should be served. In case the dining halls have not opened, this will be greatly appreciated by the 'parsimonious freshman' who by not subscribing to the school publications has saved enough money to carry him through his sophomore year. Provided the refreshments fail to revive those poor Freshmen who have had a mental collapse due to the verbal conflicts in the atmosphere, they should be taken to their respective rooms...
...migration towards the District of Columbia. It is true, the reference was very slight, but not in the least slighting; and, no doubt, the speaker again had this individual in mind when he said, "Sometimes it is very disconcerting to find that we Democrats can succeed locally and yet fail nationally." "Disconcerting," to be sure...
...endowed medical school from the Rockefeller Foundation (TIME, Aug. 17, Oct. 26). The regents' reason was fear of domination by the donor, and their resolution included all incorporated foundations. Said President Keppel: "It is hard to conceive that a fair-minded man or woman should fail to realize that the broadly co-operative character of these operations offers the most effective safeguard, if safeguard were needed, against any employment of these trust funds based upon unworthy motives...
...undergraduate newspaper which they wish to make famous for its feats in their year, or they are bent upon making a name for themselves, or they are inspired by a faculty idealist, or they are simply overflowing with exuberance and vitality which their curricular, athletic and cheerleading labors fail completely to absorb...
...occasion of the writing of this letter is particularly noteworthy. It is a long time since a President of Harvard has thus taken the students of the University, into his confidence. Such frankness can not fail to dispel misconceptions and to bring the officers and students together in common understanding of the beliefs and ideals, long current or recently promulgated, which affect the policies of the University. And when such a community of intelligent sympathy exists within, misquotations and misrepresentations without irritating as they may be, cease to be of any great importance...