Word: formality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Philosophy 1. If there is anything he tries to avoid in this course it is the "parrcting a number of logical rules-of-thumb" for which you so harshly condemn him. If any one doubts this let him compare the texts used in Philosophy 1 with the treatises on "formal logic" used in most college courses in logic. Let him also read some of the final examinations which Dr. Sheffer has set in his course in which no rules of logic, no technical knowledge or terminology in necessary and in which none of these adjuncts will save the student from...
...Formal Meeting Tomorrow...
...English do not employ the American custom of having formal judges and out of courtesy to the visitors most American teams have followed the Oxford custom, which leaves the determination of the winner to a vote of the audience. It is the American belief that the decision of the audience is influenced chiefly by their preconceived convictions. The first international debate presented these difficulties and the added formidable hurdle of more mature debaters on the English side...
...policy, which was characterized last night by one of the Union officials as an effort to make the Union the hub of the University", moving pictures will be given in the Living Room of the Union at 7.30 o'clock. Tonight's entertainment will also be the formal introduction to the college of the Union building with the renovations which have been completed through the summer...
...Dean's Office, the undergraduates will give their first welcome to the incoming students this evening at 7.30 o'clock at the Phillips Brooks House. This reception is usually held on a Wednesday, but this year because of the fact that the University will not hold a formal reception for 1929 tonight, the Phillips Brooks House has shifted the date of their welcome a day ahead...