Word: stay
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...well as for his popular articles on the subject, will give a half course on the geography of northern Africa and the Near East, known as Geography 8, which will be open both to graduate students and undergraduates, and also a research course primarily for graduate students. During his stay at the University he will occupy the rooms in Grays Hall which were formerly occupied by Professor William H. Schofield A. M. '93 and were endowed and dedicated "to the hospitable uses of the University" according to the terms of Professor Schofield's will...
...centres of culture on the south side of Massachusetts Avenue. The University threatens to lapse into a mere examining board, and the tuition into the registration fee in a tutoring course. It is still easy for those who come to college because their parents send them here, and stay simply because it is "the thing to do" to get themselves catapulted through their examinations. And during the rest of the year, there are of course sufficient diversions to keep their brains from dangerous overwork. Granting that these men are here to gain a certain amount of prestige what place...
Competitions have changed somewhat, and changed for the better. But the fear of competitions persists. Freshmen of mediocre scholastic ability are advised by their elders that they had better stay in the University first, and worry about competitions afterward. Which is most excellent advice, except that of late the sage upperclassmen have grown a bit over-cautious; for they remember the many, many compets who have made the supreme sacrifice, and they become wary beyond all reason. --Cornell Daily...
...Baxter vote, of course, relieves the stay-at-home of some of the blame. Had it not been for Baxter, the election would in all probability have gone to Murphy. But this ruse against a coalition party is not a new one. Again we have no reason for believing that the voters will not be equally fooled by the same trick in the future...
...routine of the college does not continually interfere. Vacation, short as it is, affords a relief which may be utilized by the not-too-exhausted student. Particularly does it afford an opportunity for men who must stay in Cambridge over the holidays. During vacation the library is open as a comfortable haven for those who choose to forget themselves in work; the bell in Harvard Hall ceases its hourly interruption; and the work itself, carried on voluntarily for a welcome reward, may be a pleasant relaxation...