Word: hamper
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Therefore, the inflexibility of mere routine and form should be promptly relaxed wherever it tends to hamper the college work of the men in uniform. The University has done its part in facilitating transition to normal college life by allowing the immediate entrance of men into regular courses. Hence, it is the duty of the military authorities to do their share in bridging the gap, by relaxing discipline as much as possible where a conflict with the best interests of the regular college work occurs...
...brought the long preparation for the final Yale game to a close with an unexpected 45-minute scrimmage. In spite of the absence of Captain Morgan the seven played a strong game, and showed that the loss of even the most important member of the combination would not greatly hamper their work at New Haven tomorrow night. Appleton, playing point in Captain Morgan's place, carried the puck well and was aggressive on the defence, although not as consistent as possible...
Cannot amendment of regulations as proposed by War Department be approved and reserve officers' training unit be established here at once? Condition very discouraging. In case of war we want to do everything we can to furnish men to army and navy, but inability to obtain unit will hamper us greatly. A. LAWRENCE LOWELL. February...
...plain that an important division of labor does lie between trustees and faculty today, and must remain. The excellent committee of the American Association of University Professors which recommended certain practical steps for the wise maintenance of that division, in away which should as little as honestly possible hamper the laborers in their respective fields, did not, by this advocacy, imply any beneficent love for the type of professor which President Meiklejohn censured. They proposed certain practical measures; Dr. Meikeljohn has proposed the proper spirit in which those measures should be approached. It is unfortunate that he either appeared...
...because of natural inertia, do not go at all or until late in their college careers. Under ordinary circumstances the plan of requiring the attendance of Freshmen at chapel once a week during the first two or three months of their course would be worth trying. It would hamper their freedom little, and might open the eyes of many. But the world that knows Harvard has grown very nervous in the last few years at the tendency toward paternalism; and there is nothing on earth which would call forth such protest as a manifestation of religious paternalism. Again and again...