Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...indubitable literary skill the book is bound to be a worthy tribute to the memory of a great man. The CRIMSON joins with the admirers of Mr. Eliot and of Mr. James in looking forward to this biography which will have besides the blessing of one man's thorough knowledge of another the additional tribute of fine workmanship...
...represented by the Student Council and possible modification or extentions of that organization. Following him Magowan will discuss undergraduate competition in all fields and their value. Both men have had a great deal of experience in the fields about which they are going to talk and should present thorough and interesting views on these subjects...
...buggy-couples wooed each other with "Connaistu le Pays?" sweet lyric by Ambroise Thomas. As old Dobbin ambled along the moon-patched road He would lean his head against her leg-of-mutton sleeve, and She would trill: "Knowest thou the Land?" So thorough a wooing song did this aria from Mignon become that the opera itself became boresome. People refused to go hear...
...Harvard undergraduate who enters the Princess ballroom of the Somerset to experience the chaste pleasure of his first Friday evening, and next year rises higher to coming out parties in the gilded salon above, and proceeds to the ocean of engraved cards of Junior year takes a fairly thorough course in the social graces. He learns to sit down without thought of his coat-tail; he has to be able to tell what he thinks of Koussevitsky; he learns the proper interjections into a discourse that is beyond him. Quite naturally then, he comes by all Mrs. Post...
Undoubtedly this play holds possibilities for improvement over the present system of last minute cramming. It would eliminate a hurried review with the consequent mere superficial knowledge of the subject, and, by permitting a leisurely and thorough preparation, would tend toward deeper understanding of the courses studied. The proposed scheme would also bring greater fairness, for every member of the undergraduate body would have an equal amount of time for review, thus doing away with the necessity, in some cases, of attempting to prepare for four or five finals within several days. It is conceivable that this new plan might...