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...matter of fact this question was asked some years ago in the Middle West, according to "Placement's" column in the "New York Evening Post", and a plea made for the recognition of a simpler method of scoring in order not to hinder the popularity of the game. But the ancient system continues, and the popularity of tennis was never greater. Apparently there is nothing left for the curious but to discover how this 15, 30, 40 combination came into existence...
...believe all that it is told. Surely, men will declare, this is heresy. Barrie admits it; yet he does not stop even with passive distrust. What he advocates verges on revolution; it is concerted action on the part of the younger generation toward clearing away the blindfolds that hinder age-clearing away age itself, he adds, if necessary. What is needed is a League of Youth, whereby all the enthusiasm of young men can be concentrated on the cause of rejuvenating the world...
...could not be displeasing to the god, and did not need to be destroyed, to ward off evil, as did the popular writings. Furthermore, we can hardly conceive of a university func- tioning without a written language; and we know how loth the Inca people would have been to hinder in any way the workings of their beloved and revered institution of learning. Therefore it seems safe to conclude that the term "by the people" in the proclamation did not apply to the priests and their neophytes, and that the language was thus saved in the university. This conclusion...
...building usable. Rules are necessary; but the Library rules are conspicuous by their brevity and leniency. They are not intended to be obstacies in the path followed by those who pilfer books, hide in the corners of the Reading Room, or deface the College's property; they will not hinder the men without honor. The value of a law is chiefly that it sets up a standard of right and wrong. There can be no that the majority of undergraduates observe the standard set by those in charge...
...Compulsory attendance at classes and too frequent hour examinations, particularly in the Junior and Senior years, injure the tutorial system, insofar as it has been introduced. They also hinder consistent attempts at intellectual development outside of courses...