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Dates: during 1930-1939
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First, the Crimson's use of an official average time required to get the books is irrelevant. The point of our editorial was to prove that during the busy hours there are many delays which could be remedied by enlarging the stack staff, not that that the average time is too long. When a second test was made last Wednesday afternoon at 3.30 by sending a dozen call-slips to various parts of the library, it was found that no book came within twelve minutes, one was returned within thirteen, and the rest required eighteen. We believe such experiences...
...Drat that alarm clock! The Vagabond, lying in bed in a somewhat comatose state of vacuity, vaguely wondered where his left arm might be. He wanted to use that arm, too, as the alarm clock bothered him, and he felt that for humane reasons he ought to be kind to his poor aching head, and shut that infernal buzzer off. But he certainly wasn't going to be able to cope with any alarm clock if he couldn't find his arm. Yes, he remembered, he had missed his left arm last night in the taxi; was it a taxi...
Plans were made for the purchase of second-hand dinghies similar to those used by the M. I. T. Sailing Club, to be procured from the club funds. "Use of boats will be the privilege of every member," said the committee...
...sound that, besides acting as a center for the spreading of social, religious, and educational ideas, the duty of the House is to make the student volunteer aware of his obligation to his own community and on the basis of that awareness offer him the first chance to use his education valuably and practically for the benefit of the underprivileged and uneducated. The purpose of education should not be merely the acquiring of knowledge, but the ability to translate knowledge so it will be useful and beneficial to a society which in general lacks education and constantly seeks new directions...
However, at night, or when one is fatigued at the end of a long drive, or along crowded highways, or in urban districts where pedestrians are likely to jump out at cars, little mindful of the dangers they are incurring, then is the time for all drivers to use every ounce of precaution. And it is often part of the make-up of youth not to slow up at such times. These are the times when good judgment is required, judgment to size up one's own physical disabilities--slower mental reactions resulting from fatigue, for instance,--and judgment...