Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ambitious a bit of lobbying as was ever accomplished in Washington was effected last week by a tall, unique young man famed for his blond hair, loneliness and lack of ignoble motives. The actual lobbying, which usually consists in more or less furtive arguments by adroit advocates in the corridors and committee rooms of Congress, in this case took place at Boiling Field, far away from Capitol Hill. The lobbyist was Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh and his sole argument was an airplane. He took several score of Congressmen up for a fly. It seemed unlikely that any of them would...
...fine page decoration. Of these three, perhaps "Place Your Bets" takes the laurel owing to the fine adaptation of decoration to the subject and execution of the verse, which of itself is more than good. But "A Ballade of Spring" deserves further mention for its difficult double refrain and lack of forced rhymes...
...Sociology and Social Ethics which this year supercedes concentration in Social Ethics alone, provides among a diversity of courses in several departments, a new unity and directness which its more limited predecessor did not have. From a department which was distinguished by its picaresque field trips and a general lack of seriousness among its students has been created a field analogous to that of History and Literature, permitting a ramification among all allied subjects, but with application under the guidance of a tutor that should bring substantial result...
...Jubilee ran into dire difficulties. Dr. A. T. Davison '06 accused the three major dormitories of a lack of interest in singing and for a while the fate of the affair hung by a thread, showing how much the Jubilee depended upon its musical aspects for favor with the authorities. Gore Hall especially was accused of indifference, but it must have speedily organized a group of singers for it came to the fore and won the silver cup that year. Its submission enabled the Jubilee to be held that year on Wednesday, June 2. The famous traditional white flannels...
Thousands of expert computations, all with different results, have been made of the monetary value of a college education. No one. however, has attempted to calculate the value of college to men already wealthy, partly for lack of statistics, partly because very few affluent students have made their own fortunes. Harvard is to harbor for several years, beginning this fall, one of the latter rare aves...