Word: learnedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...learn with regret that the company which two weeks ago made its apparently successful debut at the Copley with "Ruddigore" has come to a sudden end. The illness of one of the leading performers and a dwindling patronage are the rumored cause of this untimely debacle. By one of those freaks of luck so common in the theatrical game, a company, blessed with no little talent and a house of proper size for the audiences which its work should attract, has nevertheless been unable to keep its head above water. It is a curious thing that Boston is not only...
...certain member of the Faculty has often warned his pupils that nearly every Harvard man loses his first job because it takes him considerable time to learn that he can no longer do on Friday what he should have done on Wednesday,--as he did in college. The undergraduate does not have to reflect long to appreciate the truth of this if he will consider his own attitude toward scholastic work. He has discovered that probably the only requirement of most courses which cannot be postponed is the final examination...
...order not to over-emphasize the religious tone of the Conference, each afternoon is given over to recreation among the students from the various colleges. Regular events, as baseball games, mountain climbing, tennis tournaments and a track meet are scheduled. Further there will be opportunities offered to learn mass games and recreation contests which are adapted to boy's clubs and general community service. The aim of these contests is to secure the participation of every student attending the conference...
...just such men. But are these papers always useful? There is no reason why an instructor should run his course in a certain way because it has always been done so. Or, if a new professor arrived to teach a new course, his students could not expect to learn his methods by the study of previous examinations. Perhaps all this explains why most instructors do not volunteer the information that old examination papers are on view in Widener...
...obligations to his fellow-citizens, what are the rules which the community has established to control his action, and what will happen to him if he breaks them. The automobilist needs to know what the law requires of him. The farmer who is selling fruit or vegetables must learn how his apples must be graded. The young man who is to be married must find out what licenses he needs. Birth, death and every step between is regulated by law, and the lawyer is the man whose duty it is to know what the law is, and to stand ready...