Word: steps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...enthusiasm by appeal to the desire for novelty in music has been rather completely neglected at Harvard until the regime of Mr. Slonimsky. Apparently the example of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with its successful treatment of new selections has inspired the conductor of the Pierian to attempt a similar step...
...summa are filled with sorrow that we should give offense. The anonymous gentleman refers to the weakness of our society. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. Perhaps the gentleman would strengthen the society and save his evident shame by removing that weakest link. Such a step would be conclusive to his content as well as to ours that I respectfully offer the suggestion of his mature and secret consideration. Alston H. Chase '27 Instructor and Tutor in Greek and Latin
...Commons. The only way to break the Lords' veto was for the King to appoint (or threaten to appoint) sufficient new Peers pledged to pass the bill to outnumber the Lords who were opposed. The Commons were legally impotent to force George V to take this step. A rash King, or a stubborn or a mad, might have stood against his Commons, and blocked progressive legislation for years. Wise King-Emperor George V decided to break the deadlock, did it by threatening the Lords, and has ever since risen steadily in the affection of his people...
...flight of fancy. But one can hardly expect that so great a contradiction to the present tenets of the Law School will be allowed. Indeed, if one ponders the matter, there comes a sudden dawning that the debate is hardly an outside activity; that here is merely a step in training for the Great World that lies without the door; that the midnight oil will have to last just a little longer...
This Committee is in charge of the allotment of next year's rooms for the Class of 1930. The first step in the assignment of the rooms, Lewis stated, will be the distribution of the application blanks in about two weeks. These are distributed early so that plenty of time will be allowed for students to decide on their choice of rooms. The blanks may be taken home during the Christmas vacation for consultation with parents on the location and prices of rooms...