Word: faulted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There are rules regulating stalling. A good official can prevent undue stalling, and it is his duty to do so. If he can't, the fault lies with him and not with the rules...
Those who deplored the loss of the old courses and the letting down of the requirements that foreign literatures be studied will see in the new educational movement a vindication of their oft-expressed fears. But whether the fault be due to what they say it is or not, the colleges will do well to demand of those taking diplomas that they measure up to what the world expects of men and women who have had college opportunities...
...Moines Student Volunteer Conference was a hoax and, except from the missionary worker's point of view, was an utter failure. There is no use in crying over spilt milk (in this case amounting to several thousand dollars) but it would be well to find out who was at fault in giving our delegation a false impression of the conference, so that we may avoid a repetition of the blunder...
...believe that the Technology delegation was at fault in attending the conference. It was induced to do so by expectations which turned out to be unwarranted. The blame does not rest with the T. C. A. or its officers, for they, too, were apparently misled. But in trying to convince the students that they really did accomplish a great deal, by framing trite resolutions and giving geographical talks, the delegates certainly are in error. If thirty of our students had to go to Iowa to find out that China is longer than the United States is broad, then education...
Harvard has been fortunate in the building of an ice pavilion in Cambridge to take the place of the destroyed Arena. But it does not seem that the fullest utilization is being made of the new facilities. The fault does not lie in the small ice surface, for the six-man game is proving fast and exciting. And another supposed difficulty, the limited seating capacity, has not yet caused trouble. The real difficulty appears to be the lack of cooperation between the hockey management and that of the pavilion in the distribution of the available seats...