Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...second Senior inter-dormitory smoker of the year will be held this evening in the ground floor rooms of the middle entry of Holworthy when the Seniors living in Holworthy will entertain those in Stoughton. The last smoker, which was held in Thayer, was very largely attended but the Smoker Committee is anxious to have the one tonight surpass it in numbers owing to the fact that the mid-year examinations...
...expect, from the introduction, some discussion of standard by which to value present day tendencies, but Mr. Sessions barely ventures on this dangerous ground, suggesting merely, in the course of the article, three critiria--a sensuous appeal, unity of conception, and a harmonic scheme that gives enjoyment. Instead he sets before us the radical, the conservative, and the partisan, counsels us to be none of them, and leaves us with excellent but vague advice. A "radical conservative" would, in all possibility, have ventured further...
...give it definite standing in the business world, but this will probably not be accomplished until after this year's concert. It has also been proposed to change the date of the present concert from Saturday, May 9, to a Wednesday or a Thursday on the ground that the audience would be larger...
...Intercollegiate Musical Association, if it develops in practice, will be an excellent thing. It will afford the colleges one more common ground of association; and it will introduce competition, one of the greatest known agencies for rousing effort, into another field of college activity. Further it will stand as an indication that there are serious interests in college beside those of athletics...
...question of location, many advocate settling in the South or West, on the ground that the beginner has more chance there. The opinions in this are, however, not uniform, and there are some who think that the East offers more opportunities. There is much discussion as to the advisability of setting in a large or small place. It is generally conceded that the man of only fall ability should settle in the small city, for there his ability will count for more. Relatively unknown men or those without exceptional ability or opportunity are advised to keep away from Boston...