Word: reasoner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...improvement of the human race. Dr. Mears was especially interested in the treatment of defectives and criminal classes. Newspaper experts about the country took it upon themselves to question the wisdom of Harvard's actions. The editorial writers in every section of the United States could see no good reason for refusing the generous offer...
...report may settle the problem one way or the other. It is because of these cases--comparatively few, actually fairly numerous--that the Student Advisors' exist in that capacity. The inception of Freshman week, one of the achievements of Dean Greenough's administration, has given the Advisor's added reason for being. The undergraduates have an important part in the proceedings during those first few days. Their importance is enhanced, and their responsibility greatly increased, by the promise of careful consideration by the authorities of their opinions of their advisees...
...requisition the other day for a barrel of soap and a gross of safety razor blades. It seemed out of proportion, but "ours not to reason...
...Boston or Cambridge graduates would not prove as effective as one whose membership included graduates from between the two coasts; men attaining the honor of Overseerships have Harvard's interests too close at heart to neglect her welfare or to ignore any one of her many compound parts. The reason for this move, and the objection to Mr. Wister's proposal lies in the significance of the Board and the part it plays in all phases of Harvard life. As the dominating group influence in the government of the University its roll should include men geographically representative; this...
...attempt living in an atmosphere surcharged with pure oxygen he would soon become drowsy, lose appetite, weight, and finding real difficulty in breathing, he would turn bluish and eventually die. This has been known since Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, whom French Revolutionists guillotined* in 1794, named the gas. But the reason has been learned only recently-by C. A. Binger, J. M. Faulkner and R. L. Moore. In the Journal of Experimental Medicine they tell how the thin membrane of the lungs, through which oxygen reaches the blood, becomes swollen. Oxygen cannot pass through; the person practically suffocates...