Word: objectives
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fraternity values as well as secret society values are strong at Yale; if an object is "shoe" it is desirable, if it is "black shoe" or "non-shoe" it is to be shunned. Even more than the Houses, the Yale Colleges mirror prevailing undergraduate prejudices; Calhoun, the "shoeiest" one, is flooded with applicants, while Jonathan Edwards, Trumbull, and Saybrook are ignored by freshmen. An organization with a black shoe reputation has an uphill fight to stay alive...
Prohibition caused Delcevare King '95 to object to a quartet singing Johnny Harvard ("Drink, drink, drink, drink, and pas the wine cup free . . .) as disrespectful to the law. The glee club quickly pointed out the quarter had no connection with...
...automatic, unconscious and frequently impulsive act . . . an expression of tenseness, usually found in fidgety, high-strung, overactive children . . . The origin of nail-biting is probably in the instinct of the child to put every object in the mouth...
...educational institution can still make necessary adjustments. If the University proves that it cannot operate Divinity without loss, that any attempt would be impracticable or impossible, the Court will invoke the Cy Pres doctrine. Under this, if a long-established fund is not sufficient to accomplish the precise object for which it was granted, the Court can approve its use for a different, though related, purpose. This would probably be the case if Divinity's drive fails...
Most remarkable of all, in these days of sorry cinema, fine pictures, replete with techniques Hollywood has yet to master, were considered entertainment in their day, not object...