Word: matter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Nowadays one continually hears the question asked: "Why does Cornell turn out such superior teams to ours?" The answer generally given is that Cornell gets many preparatory school stars, and that consequently their teams automatically round into form. As a matter of fact, Cornell gets no more good schoolboy stars than any other college of like size. The real solution lies in the spirit which gets men out and makes them interested in working for their college. It is foolish to say that Harvard has no track material. Out of the 1100 odd men who are eligible for teams there...
...triangle relation or the binomial theorem is probably of less immediate value to the average graduate than the knowledge of how to sharpen a knife or to sew on a button," Dr. Moritz writes. "But has an exercise in fundamental thought processes they are invaluable to every individual, no matter what his ultimate work in life may happen...
...postal authorities also urge students to notify publishers to change addresses on weekly papers, magazines and periodicals, as second-class mail matter cannot be forwarded without payment of postage...
...Department explains the use which will be made of the best material we have in this country for officers, and will not only improve the average efficiency of reserve organizations, but also spread throughout the country a better, more sane and safe program of preparedness--preparedness in a matter which is of vital importance,--that of obtaining trained officers before even any men are enlisted for new organizations...
...matter of fact, what a student needs, if he is reported after having taken English A, is not further instruction by lectures on rhetorical principles, but further practice and supervision in writing. In the absence of any provision for such training, the secretary of the committee has this year given to about thirty students (a large proportion of whom were unclassified) instruction and criticism in weekly conferences. The committee, however, regards this arrangement as a makeshift; for actual instruction in English naturally should be carried on by the English Department, rather than by the committee. It therefore recommends that...