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Whipple's answer noted a "pecullar need for some type of tutorial in Astronomy at this time" arising from the "general rigidity of the present undergraduate schedule" because of "the number of required courses outside the area of concentration." He felt this inflexibility made Astronomy 30 a sometimes impractical way to obtain the special insights desired...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Petition Whipple For Interstellar Tutorial | 4/28/1956 | See Source »

...portentous superstition, we are informed, has grown up among the inhabitants of the press box at the football games. The inquiring reporters, alert to everything except the game, have noticed a pecullar circumstance connected with the band's rendition of "Wintergreen for President." Whenever it has been played this year, we are told, Harvard has failed to win the game. It seems a pity to sacrifice the beautiful strains of our traditional college song; but apparently it is that or the victory. The students have their choice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 11/9/1933 | See Source »

...BUSSEY '91, 16 Stoughton.- 4tWill the gentleman, unknown, who borrowed from the room of the late Mr. Sawin the first volume of "The Fable of the Bees" kindly return it to 739 Cambridge street? The book has a pecullar value to the owner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 6/4/1890 | See Source »

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