Word: largest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...back last February the largest number of Freshmen in years attended the preliminary lacrosse meeting, and things began to look fairly bright for newly appointed coach George Hanford. As the weeks progressed, the team progressed with it, and prospects looked even brighter. Last Saturday, Hanford's carefully nurtued prospects suddenly burst into full bloom: the '51 squad flattened perennial powerhouse Exeter...
...world's largest Protestant church looked hopefully last week toward Christian unity...
...Dean's List, 1673 students copped that honor. But by far the largest number of undergraduates contented themselves with group IV, garnering a sprinkling of B's and C's. The 1331 in this division represents 25.3 percent of the class...
English 7--this spring's largest course--contains approximately 50 Radcliffe students. If the course were given at Radcliffe, these 50 girls might be able to carry on a class discussion; but when several hundred Harvard students are added, this is impossible...
...regard to this problem, Dean Bender suggested a possible answer. "Perhaps in a couple of years, when the whole setup is shaken down a bit, we can re-examine class lists and separate a few of the largest courses again. It might be advisable in a few cases." A solution such as this might lead to one obvious trouble, which Dean Buck mentioned in another context--that teachers would have to give a course twice under that arrangement, whereas the joint system removes that old and formerly prevalent evil...