Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...regard to the quality of Harvard teaching, the editorial states, "Harvard teachers--brilliant as they may be in research, letter writing, New Deal committee work, etc.--just don't seem to know much about teaching. Bliss Perry taught at Harvard; but few men have done so since then...
...tack taken by the professors. Nothing could be more fair. There is no invalid discrimination. The only ones who are hit are those who tutor. The student who has honestly tried and still is not able to think with originality on an examination should--hard as this may seem--get a low grade anyway. All others are not affected, for the exams are not made harder, but only more thought-provoking...
Nowhere in the world do British troubles seem more insoluble than in Palestine, where Britain is the mandated umpire between Jewish Zionism and Arab Nationalism. Because Britain made conflicting promises to both Jews and Arabs during the pressure of the World War, she has ever since tried to reconcile opposing Jewish and Arab ambitions. The British long hesitated to make a choice, preferring to muddle along without a policy. The Jews had the money, they could get a hearing in the world press. The Arabs had the numbers, and they proved by a murderous campaign of terrorism that they could...
...Ithacans had a limited amount of spring training and their early season games were little short of disastrous. But ever since then, they have brushed aside every rival in their path and now seem headed for a story-book finish in E.I.L. baseball. Harvard caught them just at the start of their upswing in the first game between the two teams at Cambridge, and the result was a 12 to 3 Cornell victory...
...odds seem to be with the Stahlmen to carry off the League title as a final effort of Lupien, Grondahl, Johns, Gannett and the other Seniors who are ending Harvard baseball careers this June. The Crimson would feel confident of victory tomorrow were it not for the fact that Tom Healey has been treated rather roughly in his last two starts. The Ithacans shelled him off the mound three weeks ago but on that occasion he was attempting to twirl his second game in as many days. This time he will be fully rested. In addition, Slim Curtiss has turned...