Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which are deposited the Remains of a young Lady, whose artless Beauty, innocence of Mind, and gentle Manners, once obtain'd her the Love and Esteem of all who knew her, But when Nerves were too delicately spun to bear the rude Shakes and Jostlings which we meet with in this transitory World, Nature gave way; she sunk and died a Martyr to Excessive Sensibility...
...hearty democrat, now guides the helm of the Dominion Government, there is no chance that it will be put over on such a Tory tack as that proposed by Premier Ferguson. Remained, however, for some U. S. citizens the glamorous thought that some day they may be able to obtain in Canada that other commodity denied to U. S. citizens, a peerage...
...must be deplorable. The tutorial system at Harvard has always been based on the assumption that it was not a subsidiary department, but a parallel one. It has always been assumed that the tutor was to contribute something to the education of the student which he could not obtain from the work which he did in courses. To establish a graded system of promotion from the ranks of tutors to the rostra of lecture balls would destroy this primary purpose of the system. It would substitute for the better type of tutor, at present to be found in the History...
Rather closely associated with the hospitality end of the Phillips Brooks House service, is the work of making easier the task of the student of limited means. In this connection, the Association, through the Graduate Secretary, cooperates with the Employment Bureau of the University in aiding such men to obtain paid social service work. It also maintains a Text book Loan Library of about 4,500 books which have been contributed by students. These books may be borrowed for the year by any student for the sum of five cents--a deposit of twenty-five cents a book being required...
Both meetings are open to the University. Speaking begins at 1:30. The Liberal Club has so far been unable for obtain a speaker to defend Secretary Kellogg's policy...