Word: things
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been previously pointed out in this column that with the present varying systems of grading an A means one thing in one course, and something else in another. By taking certain courses, probation can be easily avoided, whereas in others, a large proportion of each class is necessarily doomed. The conclusion drawn from all this is that grades cannot possibly be fairly used for determining anything of consequence, such as scholarships or probation-since there is no system of grading which can possibly he applied with justice to every course...
Novertheless, this whitewashing of the Freshman classes makes it necessary to account for the negligence or indolence of the other classes in this regard; and of course, the time-honored traditions of "Harvard indifference" can be over-worked to fit any occasion. But whether or not such a thing exists, the true explanation is probably that that the duties of class officers, except in the first and last years, are mostly perfunctory, routine duties and that naturally enough, a realization of this circumstance does not inspire heated electioneering or eager voting. On the other hand, it ought to be equally...
...Knopf ($2.50). Lieutenant Wil-latz Holmsen is the third one of that name to be lord of Segelfoss Manor. His grandfather had founded the estate and his father had maintained it. But Lieutenant Willatz Holmsen has none of the qualities to continue this work. He is proud, for one thing. If a tenant does not pay his rent, he will not ask for it. People might think he needed the money. If a demand is made upon him, he will accede to it rather than admit even to himself that he cannot afford it. Then, too, he has a German...
...autocrats, insisted. So they injected into that blooming, perfect body the wicked vaccine virus, poisonous pus that comes from the sore of a diseased cow. And it did its deadly work. The poison spread through her system and the roses faded from her cheeks. She became a pallid, sickly thing, grew rapidly weaker and weaker-and died. The authorities said she died of pneumonia, but I knew better. . . . And as I looked upon the shrouded waxlike figure in the little basswood box surrounded by blossoms that would have matched her budding beauty, I felt as though I was looking upon...
...York's too big and too intelligent to be bossed by Murphy. The thing isn't decent...