Word: formality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...other departments, the tutor personally guides the student less with the intention of setting formal tasks than with the hope of awakening in him a love of the subject which will lead him, through his own interest, to pursue some special topic within his general field. The tutor attempts to draw the student out, to show him the bearing of his ideas, and to discover personal points of view; and the method of personal instruction, the-socratic question and answer, is especially fruitful in philosophy and psychology, for these are discussable subjects. There is no single philosophy to be learned...
...Harvard Union holds its twenty-fifth anniversary dinner this evening. Each year the Union has held an annual dinner, a social affair attended by the officers of the Union, prominent invited speakers, and all the members who are interested in the Union and value it accordingly. The formal gathering this evening will be a more elaborate function than has yet been held and follows the action of the Harvard Club of Boston, which recently provided its members with such an agreeable opportunity. In arranging such a dinner and in inviting eminent speakers, the officers are to be highly commended...
Judge F. P. Cabot '90, President of the Union as well as an Overseer of the College, will preside at the dinner and speak. The dinner this year will be formal and dinner coats will be worn. This is being done in accordance with the effort to make the annual Union dinner an event of consequence in the college year, comparable to the annual dinner given by Harvard Clubs...
...Arian heresy" (see above) ha existed throughout Christendom al most from the beginning. Its mos distinguished appearance has been in the form of Unitarianism, late in fulfilment. During the week, the Unitarians of America celebrated at Bos ton the centennial of their formal organization. Significance. Theologically, the chief characteristic of Unitarianism is its denial of the Trinity*-a doctrine on which nearly every other Christian body is in substantial agreement. Denial of the Trinity is tantamount to denial of the divinity of Christ. To the layman, Unitarianism means both these denials-and one thing more: a spirit, urbane, tolerant, intellectual...
...Caughey Jr. '25, retiring President of the CRIMSON, will deliver the first speech of the evening. He will be followed by Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Kelley and President Lowell. There will also be speeches by graduate editors and summaries of the year's work. The dinner, which is the formal occasion for the inauguration into office of a new board, is one of the traditions of extracurricular activity at the University...