Word: taken
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...leading article by Porter Sargent emphasizing, which may possibly be worth doing, the commercial and reactionary character of the revival in recent decades of academic ritual, diploma fetichism, etc. Mr. Sargent swells his argument with some anthropological and Veblenist observations that need not be taken too seriously. The verse in this issue is good, particularly a lyric evidence of Marvin Barrett's remarkable feeling for phrase and imagery. In David Parry's translation--at least it says it is--from the Welsh, the orthography is antique, with u in place of v and vice versa. Elsewhere in the issue...
...answers. Students emerge merely with high-lights of information--which is necessarily superficial, which they do not understand, which they have not assimilated. The most important part of study, organization of the material, is completely absent. Thus the essence of education-mastery in the methodology of thought--is taken out. Students do not think; their thinking is done for them...
...four principal parts of Peisthetairos, Euelipedes. The Hoopoe or King of the Birds, and the leader of the chorus are taken respectively by Donald B. Davidson '39, Louis J. Dunham, Jr.'20, Hamuel P. Goddard, Jr.,'41, and Frederic Peachy...
Fielding lapses, especially in the infield, have proved costly to the Boston University nine in its first tilts, and this inner defense will have to be bolstered considerably to cope with a Crimson squad which has taken full advantage of its spring trip and is rapidly rounding into mid-season form. The contest will be the first local appearance for the Stahlmen, and on Friday they will travel to Princeton for their second league clash...
...recent voting of the House Associates plan on the part of the House-masters may be taken as another reason to prove the worth of an expansion in the House athletic program. One consideration, however, is worthy of more than passing note; that is, that every single upperclassman in College must be eligible for House competition as attached to some regular group. With this premise in mind, the Committee views with alarm the recent promulgation of the separate athletic scheme for out-of-House...