Word: gap
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pace for House business, but like the continental Congress it lacks the basic authority, inclusive jurisdiction, and continuity of membership that only the main Council can possess. Thus, with the friction of divided responsibility promising more and more sparks in the future, some sort of device to bridge the gap in the guidance of House activities and the control of larger college affairs must be sought...
...these two classes of fishermen who have been most interested in recent months in the possible development of an entirely new fishery along the New England coast, a shrimp fishery, which promises to be a profitable supplement to the activities of some, and to fill a badly felt winter gap for others. If such an industry does develop, and there are now indications that it will, it will be one of the first and most tangible results of Harvard's Tercentenary Celebration. For it was one of the men brought over from Europe to be honored at the Celebration...
...Union Committee, however, still favors the idea of reviews, as it believes they constitute a desirable part of the educational system and fill a gap not previously covered by the University. It also feels that reviews help to correlate course material. Supplementing this belief is the knowledge that many unable to afford the prices charged by the tutoring schools would be glad to take advantage of free reviews...
...nowhere near the professional standards, but there is faith in many that time and experience could bring the College's teachers to the same level as their rivals. Conceivably the Union Committee might not have been disheartened by past ill luck but aroused to greater efforts to fill the gap they knew exists...
...policy of keeping costs down as much as is humanly possible. The training of the mind is liberally provided for, but is comparatively futile without a corresponding care for that of the body. In due course farsighted graduates may fill this vital need. In the meantime, however, a stop-gap method must be applied...