Word: seem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...enlightened mind," contributed nothing startlingly original to the Court debate. The substance of his plan had already been put forward by, among others, Nebraska's Edward R. Burke, one of the leaders of the Senate opposition. Difference was that the tactful, soft-spoken Dean made his ideas seem simple, plausible, attractive...
Particularly praiseworthy in Harlow's mind has been the effort and improvement of several "dark horse" Yardlings. Many of these men are playing in new positions and seem to have benefitted from the change. Among the men who have shown up well are Bill Coleman, Holie Wood. Ed Daniels, Ben Wood. Mose Hallett, Dauk Curtis, Gus Soule, Peter Thompson, and Pinkey Winslow...
Despite the creaking and groaning noise heard yesterday as the Undergraduate Athletic Council got up steam, the average student is not impressed. It is true that the deliberations seem to promise that one minor sport, basketball, will enter the major orbit and that the new monthly meetings will put more undergraduate pressure on Quincy Street. Yet the underlying troubles in the current system are untouched...
Attention has been focused more and more on tutorial, affecting the minds or faculty and students alike, with the result that courses now offer less than a balanced diet. In many departments the tutorial idea has taken such deep roots that classes seem to be unconsciously regarded by the lecturer as a part to which the tutorial forms an inseperable complement. In some courses one is forced to conclude that, as far as an academic education is concerned, the man on the platform looks upon the tutorial system as the backbone and his lectures as somewhat unnecessary and irksome supplements...
...fear that an enlargement would put Harvard in the dental business does not seem particularly valid. Most of the student body would never normally patronize a local dentist; they have their own dentists at home. But spending nine months of the year in Cambridge, they deserve care while they are here. These are the men, as well as needy students, for whom the Dental Clinic is a necessary part of the Hygiene Building...