Word: objections
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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After commenting on the fact that many Juniors and Seniors "awake to look back on wasted opportunities" and that as Freshmen "they frittered away their time. . ., failing to acquire intellectual interest or make friends with many classmates who were well worth knowing", he goes on to explain the object of the proposed buildings as follows...
...Freshman Dormitories are designed to furnish at the start the environment in which all that is best in the manifold richness of college life can develop naturally and rapidly. Their object is to plunge the new-comer at once into the life that the upper classmen have learned to value; to teach him what it means to be a member of a community gathered together for serious aims,--a body large enough to include men of different associations, from all parts of the country, and not too large for every member to count for something...
...scholarly endeavor. Such a contention is not true. Of course marks stand as an index of proficiency in scholarship, and naturally if a man is striving to attain a high standard, he will ipso facto receive high grades. But the high grades are not the sole aim and object of his work. When a candidate for a paper or, an athletic team reports, he is not prompted by any feeling of altruism, but is out to do his best to gain a position on an editorial board or to win the insignia of a team. The editorial position...
...Lima is just finishing a tour of the United States, one object of which is to obtain an intimate view of the character of our leading American universities, with the purpose of presenting this view in book from to the people of Brazil...
...wishing to usher at the Dartmouth game on November 16 must sign blanks stating whether or not they have applied for seats at the game. The blanks may be obtained at the H. A. A. Office. The object of this regulation is to give preference to those men who usher in order to see the game. Men who have applied for tickets will therefore be given secondary consideration. All should apply, however, as about 300 ushers will be needed. Applications will close on Saturday of this week at 5 o'clock...