Word: formality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Pending formal affiliation with The Associated Harvard Clubs and the elections of permanent officers, the presiding officers will be J. N. Hamlin '23, third secretary of the Embassy, and the secretary, M. M. Howland...
...formal statement he said: "Under the leadership of President Coolidge, the record of the Republican Party has been such as to entitle it to the confidence of the nation. It enjoys that confidence, but the people will unquestionably give us a new grant of power if they are satisfied that the policies, principles and wise administrative practices which have given economy and efficiency in government, and brought prosperity and contentment to the people, are to be continued...
...Harvard by the tutorial system. There are, however, many other plans of similar intent now in operation in various places. Meiklejohn has at Wisconsin a college where there is no classroom teaching, and the emphasis is on joint research. Rollins College has set its students free from all formal routine for an experimental term of six months. Honor students at Swarthmore and elsewhere take no "courses" at all in their last two years, but spend their time getting ready for the final comprehensive examinations...
...veto message is not to be confused with a veto. President Coolidge has, of course, vetoed other bills this session without explaining his reasons to Congress at formal length. For example, he vetoed a bill to increase Civil War pensions. As a result, the Pennsylvania Northeastern Association of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic assembled and proclaimed "that the said Calvin Coolidge wears A CORONET OF SHAME...
...Griggs's first proposal was in regard to the secondary schools themselves. He objected to the focusing of attention on that one-tenth of the students who ultimately reach college, at the expense of the nine-tenths whose formal education ends with school. This is a matter beyond the range of discussion at present, for the logical solution, the early separation of those eligible for university education from other students, is still far in the distance...