Word: frequenting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Philosophy 1a, totally and blindly unprepared, and found himself faced with a quiz. The question demanded an account of parallelism and interactionalism. These words the student had never seen. But he knew something of the ways of the thinkers. He constructed an elaborate and circumstantial grouping of ambiguities, with frequent mention of the two words in the question. Then he handed in his paper, and walked away, somewhat down in the mouth. When the paper was handed back, he was astonished to perceive that it had received a grade of nine out of a possible ten; the figure nine...
...Fifty years ago I was a student at Harvard and my father was a Democratic United States senator from California. In one of my rare regular vacations, or one of My FREQUENT ENFORCED VACATIONS from College, I went to Washington and my father took me to see . . . etc." --W. R. Hearat, from the true words of the prophet in the Boston American, October 26. We always take such modesty from Mr. Hearst with large lumps of salt. It is interesting to speculate on how absence from Harvard does not make its heart grow fonder...
...winning House would have to carry on negotiations with the Yale House in question, and make definite arrangements, including eligibility rules, for the contest. This type of negotiation is only what will be increasingly necessary as the Yale plan develops, and contacts between Yale and Harvard Houses become more frequent. It is also a policy falling directly in line with the intention to develop the Houses into individual, autonomous units, making their own rules and establishing their own connections. The proposal of the Interhouse Athletic Committee might be seconded if on no other ground than this...
Translator Buck gives good advice when she says: "When you read this book forget it as a book. ... Do not try to remember the names of any of the people as they appear, or the names of the places they frequent. . . . When you have finished the book to its triumphant end. you will find that, without your knowing it, there will remain in your mind out of the hundreds of people who have passed before your eyes, certain unforgettable men and women, whose lives you have lived with them, across the seas and centuries." Plot in the Western sense there...
...also learned that the owners of cars who have been tagged two times or more will be brought into court commencing this morning. If this line of action should fail in dealing with the most frequent offenders, more stringent measures will be taken. The drive against out of state cars will be vigorously pursued, and many have already been removed from the streets by the department when discovered parking overnight...