Word: familiarity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...would be difficult to find in the literature of the world many anecdotes as familiar to Harvard men of recent years, and as often quoted by them, as the account of what befell a young man thoughtfully selecting a necktie one morning. It is hard to say to just which of our emotions or ideals this story appeals. The author of "College Life" intended it for an example of what "sand" will do in the way of escaping from an unfortunate predicament. To many who repeat the story, however, it illustrates that "ideal imperturbability" which is the core of "Harvard...
...part of the men in the cheering section to sing. Would it not be possible for some member of the Glee Club, who has had experience in this line to be appointed to lead the singing? We have a remarkable collection of football songs many of which are familiar to most students. Why not let them be heard...
...There are, however, other phenomena in physics of coordinate importance with those of geometry, namely, the phenomena of vibrating systems, of which the pendulum is a familiar example. The simplest type of oscillatory motion is governed by a differential equation of the second order, and two of the solutions of this equation are the functions sin x and cos x. By means of the differential equation the leading properties of these functions can be deduced with ease, and thus the foundations of trigonomemtry are laid...
...easy to provoke such a shout for a catchword which embodies a principle good in itself, without a perception on the part of the crowd that it has its limit, and that they are in effect being urged beyond that limit. Group psychology has been studied until we are familiar with its principles and its use. Professor Dicey remarked, in criticising the historical method of studying human problems, that when the cause of an abuse has been explained the abuse itself is half condoned. Let us not suppose that because psychology of crowds is a fact its results are therefore...
...hundred odd towns in the war zone, with which La Renaissance des Cites has collaborated in the preparation of plans for reconstruction. These plans show how local engineers, in order to improve traffic conditions, had planned to straighten the street lines on the familiar American gridiron plan. La Renaisssance des Cites has been able to substitute another method of widening the streets for new traffic requirements by cutting back as a general rule only on one side and on the other retaining the picturesque irregular house fronts...