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Word: questionably (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...other hand had had considerable experience along these general lines in handling the major contests of last year, and for some reason thought they knew what ought to be procured. In a huddle with the Employment Office potentates most of the difficult problems were patched up, but on the question of sandwiches the opposite camps struck an impasse. Both had definite ideas on the subject. A pitched battle ensued and the Employment Office gained an initial victory, emerging from the contest with colors flying. Five hundred more sandwiches than the senior partners thought wise were to be ordered. The triumph...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/24/1929 | See Source »

...fact that the concessions in question are more valuable than the ordinary jobs available around the College make the problem a particularly difficult one. Several considerations make it unwise to sell them to outside interests as is done by professional promoters. And the fact remains that there will be several positions at the disposal of the Employment Office which will in effect confer a subsidy upon the incumbent, athlete or no. As there seems to be no good reason why this should be done, some provision must be made for disposing of the income over and above that necessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUBSIDIES AND CONCESSIONS | 10/24/1929 | See Source »

...Douglas, regular wingman before his injury, will be in condition to play, but his layoff will relegate him to a reserve role. B. Ticknor will be at center. Captain Barrett and W. Ticknor will undoubtedly start, but whether they will be assigned tackle or guard posts in an unanswered question...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHANGE IN LINEUP SEEMS IMMINENT | 10/23/1929 | See Source »

...under way tomorrow night when the officials of the Harvard Debating Council call together prospective candidates in a place to be announced. All speakers who intend to try out for the team will come to the meeting prepared to give a five-minute talk on either side of the question of censorship, in any one of its numerous aspects...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COUNCIL WILL PICK MEN FOR DEBATING TEAMS | 10/23/1929 | See Source »

...Economics A' Midyear books were selected and graded by seven instructors, each man marking every question individually as well as each book as a whole. The results were carefully tabulated and compared., and a summary of conclusions and recommendations published in volume three of the "Harvard Studies in Education." As revealed by that study, the investigators concluded that college marking is at best far too much a matter of chance, and that every care is needed to make it accurate. It showed, however, it is the difference in examiners which makes the attainment of academic credit a gamble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dean Holmes Refutes Rogers' Statement That Scholastic Grades are the Mark of the Dunce Cap as Exaggeration | 10/22/1929 | See Source »

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