Word: objectivity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...allied debt is welcome as one more opportunity to bring the English and American student points-of-view together. Much more than the actual athletic results were accomplished by the Oxford-Cambridge track team's visit last summer. As a "getting-together" of English-speaking men for a common object, the track meet went far to provide a mutual understanding and respect...
...month of June, when nature is at her best, brings this year many attractions astronomically. Four of the five conspicuous planets occupy prominent places in the evening sky. Venus in the west shortly after sunset is by far the most brilliant object. It is during the last year that the word comes from the Mount Wilson Observatory in California that definite evidence has been obtained of the absence of oxygen and water vapor bands in the spectrum of Venus, thus indicating an apparent lack on that planet of what we regard as life essentials...
...south at sundown is Jupiter, the brightest object in its neighborhood. A short distance to the west of Jupiter is Saturn. These two planets may be distinguished from the bright star Spica, which lies below Jupiter and Saturn and a little to the eastward, by the steadiness of the light emitted,--a characteristic feature of planets as compared with the more distant stars. Jupiter and Saturn are the two largest planets of the solar system, and are well situated for observation with telescopes of moderate size...
...object of conferring the degrees in the Sever Quadrangle is to provide additional seats for the families and friends of all students in the graduating classes. Applications for such seats will be given the preference, and tickets will be assigned to the Deans of the various Faculties for distribution to the various groups of students...
Aside from the task of helping all delegates to become more vitally and intelligently Christian, the object of the Conference is to achieve in eight days what we hope each college and University Association will accomplish for all their students in a given year...