Word: matter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...question was: How will intense, unconventional, efficient and sometimes impatient Mr. Morrow of New York City get along with easygoing, inefficient, procrastinating Mr. Tomorrow of Mexico City? Will Mr. Morrow restrain his inclination to hurry Mr. Tomorrow on such a matter as defining and settling U. S. oil land titles in Mexico? Will the Mexicans be offended if he interrupts their siestas with statistics? Or are modern Mexicans susceptible to amiable prompting? Is the almost whimsical Morrow importunity an ideal substitute for angry notes and troops along the border...
...University squad. As a Freshman three years ago and the next year as a University regular he won for himself the name of one of the leading Crimson backs of recent years. But ineligibility forced Crosby out of the regular gridiron work last year and it is still a matter of doubt whether or not he can regain his former form after a year's comparative lay-off. But whether he reaches the heights he touched two years ago again or not Crosby is bound to be a dangerous threat to opposing teams this year, and is likely to improve...
...more the experts mull the matter over the more gloomy they become. They can see no way out, unless--and this has been darkly and secretly whispered in almost every gridiron circle this fall--Coach Arnold Horween '20 is going to develop a quarterbackless team. The assumption is that the team would be probably directed by some veteran lineman, while an experienced half back fulfilled the purely physical duties of the quarterback...
...departments canvassed have already approved the new plan in its main outline, while leaving the details, and in many cases the final decision as to its adoption to the individual professors and instructors. The remainder of the departments have not yet passed a final vote on the matter...
Among the departments which have definitely voted to try the reading periods in at least some of their courses are English, Government, Modern Languages, Ancient Languages, and Philosophy and Psychology. While the members of the German Department have not yet taken a final vote on the matter it is felt certain among the members of the department that the reading plan will be put into effect in the advanced courses at least. Comparative Literature, Social Ethics, and Fine Arts officers have decided to leave the adoption or rejection of the reading periods entirely in the hands of the heads...