Word: slicings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...discussion regarding the Legion's misconduct during the convention. I think it should be remembered that the Legion, as the survivors of a drafted army, are a representative slice of American citizenry, and any large group tends to misbehave when freed from restraining influences. That the legionnaires, in their capacity as military men, were accorded police protection and toleration of violations of the law is to be deplored...
There was a suppressed question as to her airworthiness. Last spring, to give her greater lifting power, she had been cut in two and a 45-ft. section inserted at the slice. A friend of Major G. H. Scott said he had made a remark "about a patched or mended shoe never being quite as sound as a new one." Was the new construction absolutely integral with the original? Might there be an uncalculated weakness at the middle? Might a gale buckle...
...Eights Slice of College...
...loaf of bread into eight slices. Lay one slice flat, and on it set the other seven upright. That loaf is the total of college undergraduates. The horizontal slice is the freshman class; the seven vertical slices are the residents of the seven Houses. Two of the new House Plan buildings, Dunster House and Lowell House, are ready for use; a third, Eliot House, are ready for use; a third, Eliot House, is begun. In each of the two finished Houses about 300 men, from the sophomore, junior, and senior classes, begin study this week. This year the freshmen remain...
This year's resident in Dunster and Lowell Houses have been chosen by House Master and tutors with a view to each House having a typical slice from the human layer-cake of the College. Certain tutors will live in the Houses, others will have conference rooms in them and live elsewhere, but every student-in a given House will have at least on resident tutor. These methods are admittedly experimental. It is hoped that each House will in time develop an individuality and attract students by their major interests...