Word: perfectability
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...section one Standish, by scoring two straight wins over her rivals, has clinched the title for first place to date, Smith and Gore following in the order named. The delegation from Gore, although at the bottom of the first division, holds top place in section two with a perfect record, Standish and Smith following in order...
...third place we fail to see how the book can possibly be taken as a "perfect tribute to the results that Professor Baker has been able to gain at Harvard." Does J.M.B. attribute the imagination and inspiration of Robert Edmond Jones to Professor Baker in America or to Professor Reinhardt in Germany. It may be our ignorance, but we have never heard of sets like those Mr. Jones made for Macbeth being used in the productions of the 47 Workshop. Moreover we fail to trace any signs of the excellent technique of such plays as Mamma's Affair and Common...
Kimball Gray of Forest Hills, L.I. has been elected captain of the Freshman rifle team. Gray has turned in two perfect scores...
Javelin throwing is not like throwing a ball, although there is a similarity. In throwing a ball, twisting it does not shorten the distance, but in throwing a javelin you are required to keep the weapon in perfect balance, which means in the right position...
This sounds like a perfect remedy. But it seems a little too delightfully simple; for one thing it assumes as common an ability for organization possessed only by the high scholar. Furthermore it does not recognize the fact that hour exams and weekly tests, however annoying they may be at the time, do not appreciably increase the total work required in a course. A certain amount of studying must be done; from one point of view it makes little difference whether it be done in lumps or all at once...