Word: forme
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Thursday, Feb. 20 is the last day upon which box applications for the dance will be received. By that date the members of the class should have formed in boxes and appointed chairmen. The latter must apply to W. J. Louderback '20, at 60 Mt. Auburn street, for box space, submitting at the same time the names of the couples who will form the groups. Each box will hold from six to twelve couples...
...Nations and to literary pursuits. This attractive future for the next ex-President is expanded into fascinating detail, which locates the headquarters of the League of Nations in Constantinople where President Wilson, "now the idol of the liberal elements of Europe, will be the spokesman for a more liberal form of international democracy." Jealous Europe, it is also assumed, will be quite as eager to get him in this place of burden and responsibility, relieving it of tasks which it dreaded, as it has been to get the country to assume trusteeship for the Near East...
...February issue of the "Bookman" is published an article entitled "Detestable Words." This gives a few examples of words which the editor despises. According to the "Bookman," "sense" appears as a verb in every form from the "father sensed his son's abstraction" to the "peeling infant sensed the coming of the succulent milk-bottle." "Poignant" is on the blacklist because of its downright stupidity, "stipend" because of its oily politician sound. "Remuneration" is a foolishly long latinized word, and "dainty" and "refined" are classed as belonging to the "chewing gum" variety...
This afternoon at 3 o'clock the Freshman swimming team will meet Huntington School in the Boston Y. M. C. A. tank. Captain U. A. Ridley, E. G. Ratcliff, T. F. Baxter, and W. Y. Peters form the nucleus of the 1922 team, each being entered in two events...
...many years. The nianner in which this science has aided the government in judging and placing its men for the great task of war is a noteworthy recommendation of its progress. But as Professor Langfeld points out, the idea is new enough to be unreliable in its present form. However, it has immense possibilities. If a psychological examination were to be made compulsory at the beginning of each year, the facts thus gained together with the University's record of marks would furnish the Psychology Department with a wide field for investigation. In time a trustworthy means for measuring...