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Word: lies (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...specialized training for a job has certain advantages. It teaches a man to do one thing efficiently and to stick to it. Here at College one is too likely to skim over surfaces, entirely neglecting the really important things which lie beneath. The student finds himself confronted with a maelstrom of ideas out of which it is hard for him to separate the wheat from the chaff. He finds it hard to maintain his convictions when such excellent arguments confront him on the other side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT LOWELL'S REPORT | 1/20/1920 | See Source »

Funeral services will be held at the Old South Church, Copley Square, Boston, at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The body of the deceased will lie in state under the dome in the main building of M. I. T. between 12 and 1.30 o'clock the same afternoon...

Author: By President Lowell., | Title: APPRECIATION OF THE LIFE OF DR. MACLAURIN. | 1/17/1920 | See Source »

...teeth," among these apostles of chaos as they turn their eyes westward to behold for the last time their "Paradise Lost," but it is not far wrong to say that the greater their anguish the greater the pleasure to all real Americans. They have made their bed; let them lie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ousting the Reds | 1/14/1920 | See Source »

...would only partially solve the problem. It would provide for the so-called "scholars" and give them a chance for full development. The failure of the English system is that it does not take care of those not so quick at their books and overlooks the powers which may lie hidden in these men. What we need is a system under which the ability of those men who do not learn from books will not be wasted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GIVE THE "MOTOR MIND" A CHANCE | 1/13/1920 | See Source »

Harvard has been fortunate in the building of an ice pavilion in Cambridge to take the place of the destroyed Arena. But it does not seem that the fullest utilization is being made of the new facilities. The fault does not lie in the small ice surface, for the six-man game is proving fast and exciting. And another supposed difficulty, the limited seating capacity, has not yet caused trouble. The real difficulty appears to be the lack of cooperation between the hockey management and that of the pavilion in the distribution of the available seats...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COOPERATION WITH THE PAVILION. | 1/8/1920 | See Source »

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