Word: selective
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...average undergraduate specialization in college narrows him unduly, and prevents him from attaining a broad cultural background. It is the purpose of a college such as Yale to utilize the four years in presenting a great variety of courses from which the average man will be able to select those which appeal to him, within certain bounds prescribed by the requirements for degree. Four years, Yale believes, is a scant period in which to introduce a man to the field of learning and two years of it cannot safely be expended in allowing him to concentrate at the expense...
Once there were dread Magicians who sold to unscrupulous Knights charms guaranteed to render them invisible. Assume for an instant that such a charm could work. Then an army of knights so provided might walk boldly & unseen into the City of Hamburg, select 11 victims at random, and plunge invisible but deadly swords through their hearts. Perhaps the invisible knights would round out a day of ghoulish sport by maiming 200 more unsuspecting men, women & children. Such fiends would delight to steal upon a wedding party and strike down the bride, the bridegroom and the guests. As their sadistic fury...
...delegate is notable enough to justify rigorous attention? There would, of course, have been no way to decide this for the stranger. But since it would obviously be impossible for him to follow every move of the Conference, even if he desired to do so, one man he could select who would probably be near the centre of activity at all times. For such a cynosure, a stranger might have done no better than to choose Bishop Francis John McConnell* of Pittsburgh, who recently returned from Palestine after distinguishing himself at the International Missionary Council (TIME, April...
...Heard To Select 150-Pound Crew...
This afternoon, Coach C. S. Heard '25 announced that he would select the first 150-pound crew for Saturday's race. Another event scheduled for today is the embarkation of the Sophomore class crew at 1.30 o'clock for New Haven where they are listed to meet the Junior A boat of Yale, champion in the Blue interclass competition...