Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...makes no student happy to see his learned and witty instructor pushing a baby-carriage because he cannot afford a nurse, wearing butter and eggs on his old vest because he cannot afford a new vest, slushing along without rubbers because he cannot afford a wife. Too bad; they ought to get more money. Editors have said it, bankers, statesmen, industrialists have said it; the country ought to raise their salaries. How much of a raise has generally been left vague, but not by one Frank Bohn, who wrote an article for the October Forum, "Professors Should...
...although this action represented something of an innovation in undergraduate journalism it ought not to be condemned on that account. On the contrary, it may well be heralded as an auspicious omen of increased seriousness in the attitude of our student body toward the curriculum. The undergraduate of today is more careful in the selection of his courses than his father was. He is not primarily interested by the fact that a course is reputed to be easy; he wants to know whether it is worth while, well given, and handled by instructors who put some personality into it. That...
...University of Denver took up her tasks with a feeling of gratitude and relief. Her Chancellor, Dr. Heber R. Harper, had declined an offer to become President of Boston University, with the words: "I am convinced that I ought not to leave the work I have begun here...
...CRIMSON believes that all criticisms of Harvard, to be constructive, must proceed from careful thought concerning what Harvard ought to be. This in turn will depend upon what the ideal Harvard graduate ought...
...campaign might well be carried further by the embattled members of the Society for the Preservation of Pure English. George Ade, with his "Fables in Slang" could be given a chair in the Department of Classics; Ring Lardner should be appointed to a professorship in English; and Rube Goldberg ought immediately to be elected president of the Advocate...