Word: functioned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...professors as well as the students to do a little individual work. Professors in American universities give so many lectures and are so busy it seems impossible for them to do any research work of their own, and this is obviously quite as much a part of their function as the instruction. Under the new plan, at least six weeks, little as that is, will be at the personal disposal of the professor...
...their ultimate choice of work, every effort will be made to provide interviews with representative business and professional men, chiefly graduates located in and near Boston or New York, to the end that sufficient information will be given to bring about an intelligent decision. It is not the function of the Student Employment Office to give advice on the Choice of a Vocation, as such, nor to advise a man definitely to go into a special field. Such a choice must be made by the individual most interested...
...Upshaw eulogize Abraham Lincoln and Prohibition; laughed as he brandished a whiskey bottle (empty) and a Bible. Said he: "Let the President and the Vice President, every member of the Cabinet, and the popular Speaker of the House, all openly and unitedly announce that they will not attend any function-social, fraternal, commercial, or diplomatic- where intoxicants are served. This would give a moral thrill that would electrify the world...
When the Queen-Empress returned from this function she found Baby Betty in a teething fret, with Nurse Knight attempting to sooth her. Three days later the Princess cut her first tooth...
...proceedings of the police, appears to be in a strong position. Nothing could weaken that position more, nothing could he more prejudicial to the fortunes of the accused students, than any demonstration whatsoever among undergraduate spectators at the Hearing. The cases are in wholly capably hands, which will function more efficiently without the aid of a gallery. The latter's highest usefulness under the circumstances it the quiet attendance on classes...