Word: meres
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...same time, mere sized is no excuse for the continuance of evils which have been so pointedly indicated. That elementary courses in several departments should have drawn such fire is ample proof that drastic changes in their conduct is the crying need of present-day Harvard. An elementary course is ostensibly an introduction to a field of knowledge in which a man may or may not have had slight preparation. In the event he has not, his entire attitude towards that field, indeed, the extent to which it may serve to broaden his horizon, may depend...
...discovers in Joseph a mystic who, like all his long line, was conscious of "the transparency of being, the characteristic recurrence of the prototype." This is the theme, unpopular in an individualistic day, which opens up like a never-ending vista from Author Mann's pages. As a mere tour de force, in revivifying the fossilized record of a universally familiar legend. Young Joseph would be a masterpiece, but it is far more than a clever conjuring trick. In this installment, which covers only a few years of Joseph's life, leaves him. at the point where...
There is a comedian named Bozo. Mere words cannot describe the pure gold that flows from his tongue sweeter than honey and more pithy than the cedars of Lebanon. Bozo is a character who must be seen to be believed. His mouth may be likened to the Carlsbad caverns and his voice to the fog horn of a Nantucket whaler. And there are innumerable Bozo's in the crowd who take almost childlike delight in bellowing wisecracks at the actors. We must confess that we ourselves were so so carried away by the spirit of the occasion that we emitted...
...number of men competing in these seven sports at the present time is larger than that participating in crew, baseball, or hockey, yet in each of these sports the deficit is larger than in fencing, cross-country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, wrestling, and boxing combined. The mere facts that the sports which are being continued are major sports is no reason why the minor sports should suffer for a deficit which the major sports have incurred as well. The number of men competing in the three major sports mentioned (competing in intercollegiate competition) is less than 2 per cent...
Following a cut that pared the Varsity squad to a mere 17 players, the Crimson nine will meet B. U. at Nickerson Field, Weston, this afternoon in the first of this weeks games...