Word: subjectively
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During the war years, Freshmen were, for the most part, lumped with upperclassmen in the Houses, and seemed to manage their social affairs under liberal House rules with no evidence of moral deterioration. They were subject to the peculiarly disruptive influences of war-time at an average age even younger than that of the present Yardling crop. If age and experience are any criteria, '51 is at least as qualified for independence as "duration" Freshmen...
...those polled, only one student asked for articles on current world problems such as the UN. The idea of soliciting commentaries from colleges, suggested in the poll, was greeted for the most part enthusiastically, although a few of the responses were empliatic in their demand that the subject-matter of Signature be limited strictly to local topics...
Woodman's chief interests nowadays are Harvard and football. He is contemplating a book on old-time football, and also hopes to publish various sketches and reminiscences of his life. About Harvard he is enthusiastic, and being broached on the subject, will tell you forcefully, "Harvard is in every way superior to what it was in the gay Eighties, and the student body seems much more earnest than in my days;" but he won't stay talking to you long, for there's plenty for a man to do in Cambridge these days...
...State Board of Education made Latin a required subject...
...inability to serve College students centers on the disproportionate amount of freedom granted men doing stack work. Unrestricted as to the number of books he may take into a stall, a research student is permitted to retire an essential text from service for an indefinite length of time. Although subject to recall, books scattered throughout the stalls and faculty offices are often impossible to track down. Men browsing through the stacks misplace large numbers of books, and stalls are outfitted with bookcases which admittedly encourage the acquisition of a private library...