Word: unfamiliar
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...machinery of the College and University government under which he is now living is a profound mystery. Even the average upperclassman does not realize that in University Hall several changes have been inaugurated. To many men not only the innovations but even the fundamentals of College administration are entirely unfamiliar...
Someone has said that a first-year student at Harvard is a mariner ship-wrecked on an island of shyness and ignorance, in a sea of indifference and unfamiliar conditions. Whether or not the metaphor be true, if we accept it we can, for once, answer the question as to what single book would best save a solitary castaway, and say boldly, in this case, the latest edition of the Harvard University Register...
Little did George Washington realize, when he designated a certain spot on the Hudson as a suitable place to train officers for the American Army, what the future West Point was to be. For those who are unfamiliar with the work and accomplishments of the United States Military Academy the last annual report of its Superintendent, Brigadier-General MacArthur, is extremely enlightening...
...Exeter, and Worcester Academy in good form, leading throughout most of the contests and playing with the same dash and spirit which marked the early season games. In the final game with Yale, however, the team again slowed up to a considerable extent, and this, coupled with the unfamiliar Yale floor, caused them to be defeated in a stiffly-contested game by the score...
...year period, are planning trips to the mountain regions of New England, would do well to bear in mind that foolhardy escapades reflect on the University as well as on themselves. Because the New England mountains are small compared to those in the West and in Europe, students unfamiliar with their dangers are inclined to regard them with too little respect...