Word: rejected
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...enrollment at colleges and universities this fall is not only the highest on record, but far in excess of the normal increase attributable to growth of population. Heads of colleges are seriously considering the question of limiting the number to be received. Some colleges have been compelled to reject applicants. It is no longer necessary for a college president to act as drummer for the Freshman class...
Freshman, are you looking for advice? No, you have enough thrust upon you without seeking it. We sympathize with you because the advice you have already received is as nothing to that which you have yet to absorb or reject. Nevertheless we have this...
...That he was elected," continued Mr. Holt, "does not in any way imply that the majority of the people reject the league. It was simply because he was the candidate of the Republican party at a time when it was impossible for the Republican party not to win. The reason for its winning was that since it had the tremendous advantage of being the outside party, it was very easy for it to pick years hence, it will be equally easy for the Democratic party...
From now on, applications for admission to the Business School must be accompanied by a complete transcript of the applicant's college record, the school reserving the right to reject any man. To date, 150 applications have been received for admission to the first year class of the school for next year. For this group, requirements for admission were unchanged from last year, except for the exaction of a registration...
...referring more particularly to the objects before the Convection, President Eliot stressed two points. At the risk of seeming behind the times, he said he counselled his hearers not to reject old-fashioned principles, especially, when they relate to the progress of mankind, without careful examination. He advised students to devote a large part of their time to the study of the past more particularly the past of America, for by doing so they will discover two things. First, that progress in America has always been slow and steady rather than spasmodic: second that progress has always been gained...