Word: valid
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There were this year 279 students registered as Unclassified --the largest number in the history of the college. They, together with the ocC, and the Special students, constitute a detached group, the members of which are denied the privilege of association with a particular class. While there is a valid reason for the status of the men in the Special and ocC, category, those who are unfortunate enough to be designated as "Unc." 's a have been unnecessarily afflicted. The benefit of class membership include participation in the many social activities so integral a part of class life...
...might be a valid answer to those who talk of Harvard "indifference" to read them the recent letters in the CRIMSON, revealing that peculiar self-consciousness with which so many Harvard men face the world, listening anxiously to the "other fellow's opinion about us. But if we are to criticise Harvard fairly, it might be wiser to search for the underlying philosophy of this University, rather than to measure its fallings by standards created to suit the ideals of other colleges. It has become the fashion, in education, in literature, to attack the "genteel" tradition of New England...
...cannot blame other countries for assessing us the same amount that we are taxed, yet it is an embarrassing detail in international intercourse, the growth of which we assume to promote. There seems no valid reason why this exorbitant toll should be maintained; a price more nearly equivalent to that demanded abroad would appear far more reasonable...
...hard to find a valid argument for the costly battle cruiser, open to attack from above and below; its worth is gravely debatable, In preference, experts favor a squadron of flying machines, whose power in time of war is only equaled by their commercial use in time of peace. The evidence plainly indicates that the present battle fleets are becoming herds of "white elephants", and therefore are failing to justify the annual outlay of millions of dollars for their maintenance...
...editors can give any valid reasons for these sweeping generalizations and for its conclusion which is not based on facts but rather on influence and guess work, I should like to know what they are. NORMAN E. HINES...