Word: meanly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Divisions mean exactly what they say in the pamphlet; "the primary object of the plan is not to exact performance of a task, but to assist in the formation of a habit--the habit of reading good literature...
...share and gave what was for them and for that time a gift showing wonderful faith in Christian education and in the future. They contributed 160,000 plasters, actually about seven thousand dollars, but in purchasing power in that country the equivalent of at least $30,000, not a mean gift for education in the early seventies, even in America...
...Equal opportunity does not mean that all shall follow the same course of study".--With these words President Nielson of Smith recently expressed his views on one phase of educational methods in this country. Professor Nielson is not the first who has called attention to the fact that American Universities offer the same opportunities to the man willing to do only the minimum of work, as are given to the Phi Beta Kappa student. The basis for this system is a specious theory of equality of chance; justified chiefly because all men pay the same tuition...
...good line of bunk that I handed out this morning in class, and I got by with it too". "Yes, I set my apparatus up at home, and you know, the resulted checked absolutely". Such remarks can be heard in any student group at any time. What do they mean? Simply this, that the average college student is cutting the corners, is getting by and is dodging responsibility. Is this condition a wholesome...
...communication in the Crimson on the subject of a Harvard Triangle Club, the desirability of having one, the objections to having one, and the means of having one, fails to accomplish more than to open the question for debate. The proposal seems to consist of the amalgamation of the best features of the Hasty Pudding and Pi Eta shows into one grand hilarious musical revue, which shall be representative of Harvard's best. But why stop Here? We might include the 47 Workshop--for a triangle certainluy needs a third side--to lend a sort of "high-brow" atmosphere...