Word: matters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been taken as self-evident in the conduct of Freshman affairs that a student body, no matter how undemocratically chosen or how unrepresentative of the class as a whole, is better than no student body at all. The Union Committee, however, is not unrepresentative. Selected with great care, it covers geographical differences, has both high school and prep school members, tries to represent as many dormitories as possible...
...only alternative to appointment would be an election, but where such a large, disorganized Freshman class exists as here, there could be only one result of this proceedure. The schools sending the largest delgations to Harvard would completely dominate the election. The small school boy, no matter how capable, wouldn't have a chance...
...sooner did the officer place a hand on his shoulder than the drink in our hero came up for the fourth time. The policeman, as a matter of routine, asked him if he had been drinking. "No," he said, "I always get sick when I see an officer...
Formed after the Freshmen had been moved into the Yard, the Union Committee has turned into a training group for future class officers, for its members, no matter how undemocratic the method of their choice may be, get excellent preliminary training in student government...
...laughing matter are the bombproof and gasproof cellars with which Buckingham Palace has finally been equipped this year while the Royal Family were in Scotland. During the War, by order of Kaiser Wilhelm, his cousins in Buckingham Palace were never bombed, although nearby Trafalgar Square was bombed repeatedly. Still in place, but considered useless against today's heavy bombs, is "the Steel Helmet," a steel net supporting layers of sand bags strung under the roof of Buckingham Palace...