Word: use
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Continuing, Professor Chaffee said, "it is very doubtful if television will ever be of as general use as radio now is for several reasons. In the first place, to operate television correctly calls for more technical skill, than most people possess. Then too, the apparatus used in sending pictures over wire, is very bulky and expensive...
...North Shore Club offered the use of its course to Harvard students when is became known that the project to make the Weld Course available to students had fallen through. According to present arrangements, undergraduates will be able to use the golf course at any time for a green fee of $2.00, or by special seasonal rates. It is understood, furthermore, that if sufficient men apply for the privileges offered by the club, a reduction in the fee will be possible...
...consideration of "Princeton On Roller Skates" The time-worn arguments that: "The faculties of colleges and universities are charged with developing boys into men. Men nowadays drive cars. Students should learn to handle cars. That is a vital part of the education of the modern man and woman," are used to little avail and nothing new or of interest is given. True, the editorial will appeal to the emotions of many people dissatisfied with the present situation at the universities and colleges where the use of student cars is prohibited or restricted, but beyond that there is little substance...
...been said, variety is the salt and pepper which goes with the eggs of our every day existence, relaxation is the sugar in our coffee. The metaphor smacks, it is true of the restaurant, but the Vagabond must ask forgiveness for this if any cavil at its use for he intends today to relax; to feed on the sweet and unsubstantial food of idleness--to go to a baseball game...
...competition, however, is to give men who may be unknown to the club members an opportunity to demonstrate their interest in the activities of the club. At the end of the three weeks a number of men will be elected to membership with attendant privileges in the use of the club's facilities for flight...