Word: matter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This situation, we learn with dismay, is the result of a recent change of policy on the part of the Library. It has decided to buy only one copy of each new book, no matter how many men are required to use it. This stingy and short sighted policy is already making itself felt, and, as new works appear from year to year and are added to the lists of prescribed reading, a time must come when there will be no extra copies of the required books. When this state of affairs is reached, many courses will be seriously hampered...
...them. The class rowing season lasts only six weeks, the drudgery is reduced to a minimum, and the work is exhilarating; yet two classes have not energy enough to man one eight-oared shell! If this humiliating indifference continues, we should like to see the class presidents take the matter in hand...
...general reading knowledge enabling one to read scientific works, or to study in Europe, proves invaluable to the best physician. Secondly, in the scientific field, it lies entirely with the individual as to whether he wishes to specialize in medical subjects in college, or simply make them a secondary matter, specializing in another field for the sake of interest and general culture. It is quite essential, however, that the student should be prepared in such subjects as Chemistry 1, 2, and 3, Physics C, Botany 1, and Zoology 1 before entering the Medical School. These are fundamentals, which should...
Pascal and his apology for religion will be the subject of today's lecture; M. Boutroux will discuss the originality displayed by Pascal's point of view in this matter and will show what part of his doctrine still retains its vitality...
...from S. B. Steel seem to answer many of the objections adequately and, as Mr. Steel says, the committee does not pretend to have made a perfect plan. It is a pity that this letter descends to a wholesale arraignment of the business methods of the last administration, a matter of which, since he was not a member of the Corporation, he can manifestly have no intimate knowledge...