Word: skills
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...speak very authoritatively on the American university. The distinctions from our own are not, so far as I can see, very marked. If anything our students have a greater measure of freedom. There are no compulsory lectures, and it depends entirely upon the personality of the professor and his skill in handling his subject matter as to whether his audience is five or five hundred. Ours is a voluntary system, Moreover, the studies of an Oxford man do not range over so large a field. He will study history or philosophy or science or literature, but he will...
...abysmal, when one sees the League in operation, functioning smoothly and amicably, and already developing a splendid spirit of universal cooperation in the solving of problems of universal concern. The agreement to refloat Austria has been a tremendous step ahead, for instance, engineered mainly by the patience and skill and altruism of that great Leaguer, Balfour...
...last spring under the direction of Coach E. A. Wachter. Mr. Wachter has spent a large part of his time this fall in priming University and Freshman scullers for the coming Regatta on Thursday, October 26, and the results of his efforts are seen in the higher plane of skill displayed by the various candidates from...
Yesterday's Symphony concert, Mr. Monteux conducting, was the second of the Boston series. As often, the eagerly-awaited proved disappointing in the extreme; what was expected to be dull and prosaic was interesting and charming. The Dvorak of the F-major symphony shows himself a skillful musician, interesting if not thrilling, original if not "radical", pleasing if not powerful--altogether charming. Particularly in the first three movements did he display his fertile imagination, flowing melodic invention, and dainty skill in orchestration. There is a cleanness and purity that resembles Mozart, with none of the muddiness which occasionally mars...
...dropped but two games in the first set. In the second, however, Briggs and Bondi put up a stiff fight and forced their more experienced opponents to show their best style of play. A deuce set was quite unexpected, since Briggs and Bondi had not displayed any very remarkable skill earlier in the tournament. Although Herndon and Ingraham are now in the semi-finals, this is only the second match they have played, since they won their others by default...