Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Senior class should be extended over a longer time than it is at present; in other words that the spreads, class exercises, etc., which are now pressed into about 12 hours should be distributed over two or three days. To make such a scheme a success it is obvious that there must be some special exercises in which the class as a whole take part and which would form a central programme around which spreads and other private entertainments could group themselves. Many plans have been suggested necessitating a programme something like this...
...sign their contributions or make their names known to the Managing Editor. This requirement has long been in force, not only as a necessary condition for the acceptance of a communication to the CRIMSON, but as a well established regulation in the office of every newspaper. Its purpose is obvious...
...most obvious course for modern designers is to turn to the remains of old houses in our own country. They possessed dignity, simplicity, modesty and grace. By going back and studying the ancient types of architecture, and then adapting them to modern ideas, an architect can evolve a plan for a modern house that will possess at once the grandeur of the Italian villa and the homely simplicity of the old English manor house...
...many reasons this plan of governing athletics by a committee appointed for the purpose seems a wiser one than that which gives the entire control to the captains of the different teams, which is the system adopted at the English universities. The more obvious advantages of the former arrangement are familiar enough to Harvard students. In the first place the athletic policy of the University is consistent in its various branches, and the different teams are governed by the same general rules. Then much trouble is avoided by having one source of authority instead of many. Finally, experience has proved...
...work would be conducted under the supervision of government experts, and the competition would be equal for all students. The field for the best men would thus be broadened, and the benefits would be material and obvious. On the one hand, the government positions would be filled by capable and representative men, and, on the other, the standard of instruction would be raised...