Word: placing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...long as any nonacademic interest occupies first place in a boy's scale of values he should be given 'time out' to investigate it before he is sent to college. It may be that the boy will find that he is totally mistaken. A little actual experience on a farm may convince him that his interest in agriculture is not so deep as it once seemed; some time in a studio may reveal that his talent is not so great as he fancied. In that case, he can always return to college. But, until he has cleared...
...teams wound up the afternoon with a few minutes signal drill in which Putnam. Wetmore and Gleason led the A, B, and C combinations, respectively. Ben Ticknor reported with blistered feet and was excused from the drill, Gildea taking his place on Team A, and Cunningham moving up to Team B. Art Devens then jumped into the gap at center on Team...
...timely warning to any prospective loafers would not be out of place here. Professor Ward demands precision in his students just as he exercises it himself. With proper attention, however, Meteorology 1 should provide some of the most lasting and interesting knowledge of the whole college course...
...play the Army and completely ignore whether its opponent has a three year playing rule. With conditions as they are today, however, the Harvard Athletic Association would have accomplished little by refusing to schedule games with the Military Academy when a dozen other institutions would willingly have taken the place thus left open. Surely some more powerful body than the National Students Federation of America should consider seriously a suggestion so potentially important as this reform...
Thousands of men in colleges today are waiting to hear them. Are preparing for the baccalaureate signal to leave the campus and attempt to qualify for whatever place in life they aspire to. For them, particularly...