Word: nets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Approximately five hundred Freshmen are caught annually in the net of English A. Aside from its questionable merits, the fact that it does not count towards a degree makes it a distasteful dose of medicine. The hope is held out that if a student gets an A at mid-years, he may drop the subject. The small number of students, about 12 a year, that can obtain this exemption indicates the severity of the requirement, which should be lowered to a full...
...Some doubt was expressed, however, that the establishment of a formal league would attain all of the desired ends. Further difficulties arose in contemplating the limitations of a round robin schedule. The net result was a conviction that while a football league has such promising possibilities that it may not be dismissed and must be the subject of further consideration, the time has not yet come when the seven suggested members feel ready to establish a definite and formal organization...
...uneven course of their romance does net require Miss Clarke to function as target for Cagney's grapefruit throwing, as she did in Public Enemy, but the affair is at least brightly controversial. When Johnny catches the ward leader and his fiancee's boss trying to destroy evidence he has collected to show that both of them are grafters, the result is the most satisfying foot-&-fist work shown...
Another big reason for the failure of Coach Joe Stubb's charges to ring up their expected one-sided triumph was the skill and fortune of Les Goding, Coach Herb Gill's star net-minder. If the Crimson did escape a resounding check from Otis or Bennett, it was Goding who turned back a scoring attempt. George Roberts was especially robbed on numerous occasions, had the amazing misfortune to hit the post three times...
Through his office, 61 men from the Class of 1936 were placed, the largest number since 1930. An additional 129 men, many of them aided by the Harvard officials, have obtained positions under other auspices. In this way, 190 men or 80 per cent of the net registration of 283 Seniors are now working...