Word: sections
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...general plan of terminating, at the beginning of the Reading Period, all lectures in courses not regularly open to Freshmen, but the elementary courses in English will continue to meet as before, while lectures will cease in the four elementary Philosophy courses, which will hold one or more section meetings each week at the discretion of the instructor...
...access to tutorial conferences was made possible. The cessation of tutorial work just prior to the reading period would afford both tutors and students a rest in preparation for the final study before mid-year examinations, as well as give the student additional time for study in the last section meetings of his course, Professor Tatlock believes...
...Mission" section of San Francisco-so-called from the Dolores Mission which once stood there-corresponds to that section of many another U. S. city where stands the ghosts of a bygone gentility, old houses built for large, well-to-do families which have long since scattered or died out. Cf. Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, the "West Side" in Manhattan, Boston's "Back Bay" (still showing signs of life), Chicago's original "South Side" (almost erased...
...rigged on the ground a large plate of metal, which was in effect a section of the earth's surface. When a thundercloud hung over his plate and lightning blazed, he found by means of extremely delicate instruments that the electrical potential of the plate changed. This was the electrical image of what happened in the cloud, one surface (usually the upper) was positively charged, the other negatively. When discharge occurred...
...Drang Nach Osten tendency". A polite murmur of assent ran over the professorial assemblage and the blanketed professorial knees quivered in jubilation over the crack. Then a bony forefinger protruded into space and long white curtains floated in the Stadium atmosphere. "Will the gentleman entering the lower Portal of Section 39 kindly remove his hat?" Thousands sat in awe and whispers of "Well played, ... good eye ... bravo" were heard here and there...