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...down in bureaucratic entanglements. The power, and sometimes the willingness, is lacking, to cut these knots. There is a strong tendency for a minor dean to indulge in the game of passing the buck, and, instead of dealing evenly and directly with all his students, to shift the onus of making difficult decisions over to other people, perhaps to that mysterious body known as the Administrative Board. In view of the fact that much of a dean's effectiveness depends on the position of respect or disrespect in which the undergraduates hold him, it might be well to give...
...given fields, course examinations serve as milestones on the road to divisional, showing how far the student has progressed and how the instructors like his method of presentation. Thus access to past papers helps to improve the technique of writing under fire. Furthermore, when all papers are returned, the onus of careful correcting rests more heavily on the assistants. For, when no examinations are given back, only the very bad or very serious-minded undergraduate ever lets loose a squawk about his grade...
...wayside in November eventually get back into good standing, while the real mortality rate begins to show in February. Meanwhile it is not too much to ask that the University take heed to the age long plea for an effective adviser system in order to shift the onus of talking to every erring Freshman from the shoulders of the deans...
When the Transvaal began to heave and simmer over the volcanic question of Indian immigration, and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-not vet a Mahatma but already a smart agitator-challenged the Government to slippery grips, it was Smuts who had to bear the onus of sending him to jail. When labor troubles invaded the Johannesburg mines, it was Smuts who alienated the workers by ordering out troops, arresting and deporting the labor leaders without trial. It was also Smuts who got most of the criticism, little of the credit, for the. Union of South Africa...
...knowing who came first, the court threw out the case. Rudy Vallee waxed more famous, and Will Osborn, who sounded like him, bore in silence the onus of an imitator. But Will has left St. Andrews College (in his native Toronto) to become an orchestra leader of note. He worked incessantly on special trombone effects, relied less on his voice. A year ago dancers began to notice that Will Osborne had a sweet swing to his playing. Today Rudy Vallee is known chiefly for his radio variety hour will Osborne is known for his band...