Word: slips
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...enlarging the scope of the book, the editors have sacrificed convenience to some extent. The alphabetical order of arrangement has not been followed in every respect, and slip-ups in the spelling of names will annoy some. The volume also lacks some of the up-to-date features of last year's; for example, this fall's Phi Beta Kappa elections and other important events now a month old do not appear. Perhaps, however, the attempt at greater accuracy prevented their incorporation...
...this golden juncture, then, American should not let nay opportunity slip by, and it will greatly depend upon the government to lend a hearty support to her own capitalists in their attempt to establish "a relation that would enable the United States to have an equal voice with the five other powers in guiding the development of Chin" and "to maintain the open door in her trade with that country." At the same time she will be doing the Chinese people a great service which I can assure any and every American they will never forget...
...International Corporation, and is at present devoting much time and thought to the medical bearings of its projected activities. It would be a cause for regret if the chance to make the University an important centre for the study of tropical disease in the world should be allowed to slip away. An income of $50,000 a year would seem a proper sum at which...
...Freshmen started things going early in the game when Captain Kissel '19, after 3 minutes of play, took the disc and shot the first goal for his team. Towards the middle of the period White '19 and Gross '19 each managed to slip the puck into the cage, making in all three tallies for the first half to Yale's nothing. The second half was opened by a desperate rally on the part of the Yale team which resulted in a goal by Fox, after 2 minutes of play. Shortly after this score, Fox was considerably shaken...
...urge the undergraduate, however, to a more serious life does not promise much. The scholarship groups and prizes undoubtedly have considerable effect as a stimulus. But on the other hand, the lax requirements in certain courses, requirements which can be technically satisfied by nominal effort, actually promote slip-shod work. In some of the more advanced courses especially the theory in force is that of allowing wide choice and initiative as regards reading. Sometimes this reading is not tested, and the students' word is taken as sufficient evidence that it has been adequately done. Without wishing to attack student honor...