Word: prone
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...major difficulty is that the average Freshman knows little or nothing about the various Houses. Until after mid-years, they are virtually beyond his ken, and as a result he is all too prone to follow the herd and apply for either Eliot or Dunster, on the sole basis of their social merits. This tendency has not been lessened by the House Masters, who have frankly, and, in a sense, naturally, sought to obtain men whom they have known and liked, regardless of intellectual considerations. It is apparent that if the House Plan is to be a success, the Houses...
...there isn't a greater enthusiasm for planning. We seem to be more prone to favor panaceas, the suggested legislation that they tell us will cure everything in 30 days...
...limp and resigned like a prone eggshell) Yes, I will. My God, why must you men wreak this savage destruction...
...fine shooting of Corporal Seeser who scored 183 out of a possible 200 for the highest total of the evening, while Elmer P. Madsen '37 led the Harvard contingent with a score of 176. Each man shot four targets, one standing, one sitting, one kneeling, and one prone. The inexperienced Harvard team though it has only practiced for two weeks, made an unexpectedly good showing against the strong Marine Corps outfit, and thus strengthened their chances in the National R.O.T.C. Tournament which will be shot next Tuesday and Wednesday nights...
...English 33, both large survey courses. That the lecturer would not know as much about each author or each period as do the present lecturers would be no disadvantage; such a vast field can only be covered in broad outline, and the man who knows everything is prone to spoil his canvas sketching in details. The shining lights of the English department should be relieved of the irksome task of lecturing to Freshmen and Sophomores, and Freshmen and Sophomores should be relieved of the irksome task of listening to them. Somewhere the man who can make English 28 as good...