Word: succeed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard University no longer supported by the State? How has it come about that the graduates exercise so great an influence on the government of the University? What is the Bussey Institution? Most questionnaires succeed in making the answerer feel ignorant, but ignorance of some things is no loss. When we are confronted, however, with questions that demonstrate how little we know of our own college, the matter strikes us in a different light. An American citizen is expected to have some acquaintance with the history and organization of his country; why not expect a reasonable knowledge of the University...
...Freshman tennis team with only substitutes playing defeated the Lynn English High school team on Divinity Courts by a score of 5-0. The school boys did not succeed in forcing any of the Freshmen to three sets, and in the singles only three fames went against the 1924 subs. In the second doubles match a little more competition was offered, but never were the Freshmen at all hard-pushed...
...delight in experimenting with new forms of examinations. It gives one a sense of satisfaction, no doubt, to say off-hand "in what country orang-outangs live" and "where we get most of our sapphires", but it is impossible to believe that this is a test of ability to succeed in the Edison factory. What we want to know are those things that will help us live the better in whatever surroundings we find ourselves. We may have a sound critical judgment and ability to cope with difficult problems, yet appear complete idiots if examined under some...
...regular monthly meeting held on Wednesday evening the Cabinet of the Phillips Brooks Association appointed G. P. Hayes 2G. As the representative of the Harvard Mission at Robert College, Constantinople. Hayes will succeed to the position which has been held respectively by G. W. Allport '19 and C. E. Dickerson '20 and will sail for Constantinople some time during August. He has been appointed Professor of English and will assist in social service work among the students of Robert College...
...amount large enough to provide an adequate return on the capital invested and the labor involved; it is not uncertain that the dealers; fall price includes much more than this. A bureau run on such principles could not fail to be of service, and would be almost certain to succeed. Advantages from such a system would accrue to those leaving college, and to those new arrivals in need of furniture; in addition, it would offer employment to a number of students who could be engaged in carrying on its business. Its chief benefit, of course, would be a reduction...