Word: matter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Chairman William Morgan Butler of the Republican National Committee, to discuss some inscrutable political matter...
...against the presence of any Cabinet official on this floor at the time a matter is under consideration in which he is so vitally interested," he told the startled Mr. Wilbur. "I regard the presence here of this official as notice to Congress that it is not capable of dealing with this question without Cabinet guidance, and in remaining here, the Secretary of the Navy does so over my protest and I regard it as exceedingly bad taste...
...connection with the various Departments, the Faculty, the Library, the extra-curriculum activities, and last but not least, the upperclassmen. The main thing proved by Dean Hanford's article is the fact that the Reading Period has definitely established itself, that not only is there an improvement in the matter of satisfactory grades, but also such virtues as the stimulation of original effort, independent reading and tutorial work, and most vitally important of all a recognition of the room for improvement. In many respects the paragraph devoted to the constructive suggestions is the most enlightening part of the article...
...pictures in the Red Book to be taken at Notman's Studio will be announced, it was stated last night by S. N. Grimes '31, Photographic Chairman. It is absolutely essential, because of the short time remaining before placing the volume on sale, that all Freshmen attend to this matter on the day of their appointments. These pictures of members of the class must all be taken before the opening of spring vacation...
...indifference about which you speak in your editorial is a compliment to our undergraduate intelligence. How ludicrous all this agitation about the stadium! Was it not sufficient that the omnipotent athletic publicists were able to get so much printed about the matter without having tried to bring it to the forum and working up a factitious interest in it? It was carefully stated that the "parliamentary rather than formal manner of debate" would be used. Figs! You might as well talk about draping the stage of the Odeon with meshed gold and silver and then put on a puppet show...