Word: matter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...whether the Harvard plan is consciously British or not, the process of acclimating it to American custom and even to New England hauteur is not without anticipation of untold difficulty. In the matter of the British plan there was no tradition to buck. Oxford and Cambridge have concentrated their athletic relations to dual meets with each-other even since the inception of varsity athletics at the two universities. In the matter of the proposed Harvard plan there would be the necessary break-down of nearly a century of tradition. The Dartmouth and Holy Cross games have become a tradition strongly...
...example, there is the matter of the "high table" which is promised for the Master and tutors. One wonders what place in the social scheme these faculty tables will occupy. Used as a permanent separation in the dining hall the "high table" might, as the CRIMSON has before pointed out, usurp a desirable contact between preceptor and student. But other use of the "high tables" could be made besides one that follows the Oxford-Cambridge idea of segregation of tutors and students. Occasional use of the "high table" as a gathering place of the House resident and non-resident tutors...
Local option has been hitherto the only means of keeping filthy literature from invasion of a certain district. The local watch and ward society bring the matter to the attention of police, who, after due deliberation, decide on the merits of the case. But now, silently, without amendment, national prohibition has arrived. Perhaps a law may follow, declaring a book legitimate of which not more than one half of one per cent, by pages, may be classed as filthy or obscene...
...been made, but it is hoped to secure several men of prominence to address the assembled societies. Whether or not the rival teams will engage in the customary formalities of fraternization, as has hitherto been the case, or whether the victory will be celebrated in Cambridge is a matter of conjecture...
...sports. Today's golf match is not the first instance. The relations at those times have been reported as always cordial and friendly. Coupled with this is the fact that Harvard and Princeton men will appear to speak to each other. Well then one might ask what's the matter? Frankly we do not know...