Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Sizer and his proof readers care to take this seriously, let it be known that the game can be arranged for any day after the mid-year period. Further- more one might add by way of warning that although we may not dwell in halls of imported tile, we are the boys who put the ink in rink; aside from this we have destructive qualities and although we hate to make "light" of a serious subject we feel that we could take the lamp out of Lampoon. Be all this as it may, our forwards are alert and our wings...
Experience and statistics furnish abundant proof that such men are following a will o' the wisp. A glance through "Who's Who in America" will show that among the many college men listed there for having done something worth while, extremely few have had plain pass records in college. Most of them have taken their degrees with distinction; many of them are members of Phi Beta Kappa. It is the rare exception when a failure or near-failure in college becomes a success in after life. Some men realize this, but, unfortunately, delude themselves into thinking that they will...
...Committee has entered in to its campaign for building funds is a tribute to the sincerity of the class. It has taken the matter seriously and has tackled the detailed work in a business-like manner. The energy of this short campaign, which will end tomorrow night, is sure proof of the active interest which has been demanded of under graduates. The final two days' spurt in the campaign will bring the new gymnasium a great deal nearer existence. And much of the credit will belong...
...University is the most democratic of educational institutions: and the fact that there are some 1,600 students in the academic department of College proper alone, working their way through, unaided or with help from the College and that $300 is deemed a sufficient scholarship fund, should be proof that the expense of a course at Harvard cannot be greater than at any other of the large colleges and universities. Wealth secures to its possessor anywhere luxuries and the means of indulgence and dissipation, but dissipation is as unlikely to be tolerated under a college head like President Eliot...
...career after graduation. The office is no sinecure. It should be filled by a person who keeps constantly in touch with his classmates; he should know how to collect and edit news for the Class Reports, which means that he should have experience in the details of printing and proof-reading; his acquaintance should be as wide as the class, not limited by the interested of any set, club, or clique...