Word: fixedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this term were asked, among the usual questions connected with registration, "Will you sing on the class glee club?" Volunteers from the class, it appears, are to be trained to sing songs connected historically with the subject matter of the course. Music hath, among its charms, a power to fix interesting data in the student mind. It is hoped that at the final examination the A men, upon hearing the first two measures of 'Yankee Doodle", will be able to distinguish themselves by promptly answering "American Revolution!"--with dates if relivant. Passing through the Yard in the near future...
...Smith Halls Common Room. The subject for discussion is "Resolved that National Armaments should be Reduced to a size adequate for internal purposes only". In the debate there will be no discussion as to the size to be determined, as it is supposed that the League of Nations would fix this...
...requirements is to ascertain whether a boy is properly prepared to do college work. If he is not prepared his admission will result in little benefit to himself and in less to the college. From this point of view it may be contended that the college authorities should alone fix the standards. But on the other hand it is not possible for any college to fix its requirements without regard whatsoever to the existing curricula of the schools. The colleges must take, not always what they would like, but what the schools are able to give. The ideal arrangement, therefore...
Cornell Freshman Crew--Bow, Hoffman; 2, Garnsey; 3, Scheanan; 4, Fix; 5, Dollbaum; 6, Hough; 7, Calleson; stroke, Wheeler; coxswain, Miller...
Less spectacular is the report that Great Britain and France have patched up their differences in regard to the treaty. France has agreed to fix a definite sum for the German indemnity. The French Premier, moreover, has consented to hold a series of conferences with the German Chancellor to discuss common problems. The British, on their part, accede to Millerand's demand that the Germans be complied to disarm...