Word: pace
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...even more important now than in times past that freshmen have somewhere to turn for adequate guidance. The valuable reforms of the Conant administration, such as the change in both the language and distribution requirements, have stepped up the pace of the first college year to no inconsiderable rate, leaving the quaint covered wagons of the Adviser system hopelessly in the rear. In his report Dean Hanford has frankly recognized the confusion of the choice of concentration, but has tackled the problem in an orthodox, and, unfortunately, unimaginative way in his proposal for a series of departmental clinics. This austere...
...establishing the University of Chicago's famed New Plan (TIME, Dec. 1, 1930 et seq.) prodigious President Robert Maynard Hutchins left the gates wide open to prodigies inclined to step up the academic pace. Smart students may receive their degrees as soon as they are able to pass examinations...
...fastest wing-threequarter in Great Britain to-day, and many a Cambridge man's heart came into his mouth whenever he saw the ball passed into Obolensky's hands. Fortunately, however, the tackling of the Cambridge side was deadly and the Russian never had a chance to use his pace...
Richard A. Brayton '37 whom Jaakko spotted as a 300-yarder after he had come over from the cross-country squad, is expected to set the pace in this race. Alfred J. Hanlen '39 and Alec C. Northrop will match strides in the 600-yard event with the relatively short distance favoring the Freshman...
...reporter has yet succeeded in fully describing a Toscanini concert. The players suddenly become amazingly alert. The Maestro flicks his baton, establishes the pace. His left hand may rest easily on his hip at first. Soon it pleads for eloquence, stands out like a policeman's warning when he wants a pianissimo, quivers over his heart when he begs for special feeling. Front row subscribers in last week's audience occasionally heard a husky croaking sound. Toscanini was singing as he always sings when his orchestra plays to please...