Word: question
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...strongest bonds which will grow up between tutor and tutee will be the latter's ability to discuss freely any question without fear of disciplinary action from the College office. If the Office desires someone to oversee the conduct of the Houses, it may well apply the present system of proctors, providing the tutor has no part in the proctorial duties...
Irregularities in the earth, such as masses of rock of lower or higher density than the surrounding material, or of higher or lower electrical conductivity influence the natural physical fields of the earth or artificial physical fields that can be found on the ground in question. The normal fields can be calculated accurately, and by measuring the departures from the normal, evidence is secured that is of possible service in estimating the properties of the mass concealed in the earth that is responsible for the departures...
...great question is, however, with all of the small details considered and finally arranged, whether a fracture of the present American educational tradition will successfully result in a more wieldy form. Much doubt has been expressed in regard to the possibility of forming small, homogeneous groups out of the large heterogeneous mass of the College. It is a question of whether or not the experiments are socially practicable. The habit of becoming segregated into small groups such as the present fraternities has become so ingrained in the make-up of the undergraduates of today that the transplantation of the English...
...other hand there remains the possibility of holding it in a Boston hotel, which seems to find favor among a few vociferous Juniors. Whether a strong feeling for this idea really pervades the whole class is another question. A 1930 affair in the midst of Boston's night clubs would have little Harvard atmosphere, and even if the University authorities permitted it, a Boston dance might be even less successful than the white elephant in Memorial Hall...
...countries of Europe the power of the absolute monarchy was broken and constitutional systems were instituted before 1914. Two of the most notable examples were Russia and Turkey. It is quite conceivable that under normal circumstances the new systems might have evolved satisfactorily in time, as the country in question developed economically and socially. But the world war proved too great a strain. Even the more advanced countries found the existing system unsatisfactory and introduced war governments, which smacked strongly of dictatorships. In the less advanced countries the war led to total collapse, as in Russia and in Turkey...