Word: validation
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...well as captains and managers, all have reasons for not ranking as high as men who have confined themselves to study. It is argued that the former group would be placed before the public in a false light; that certain low grades, for which there would be perfectly valid excuses, could not be explained to the many friends who would see the marks. These statements are all perfectly true. There would undoubtedly be at first a great deal of unjust criticism on the part of outsiders who knew nothing of existing circumstances. But, on the other hand, there is strong...
Even the strongest advocates of the ubiquitous thesis admit that it is not an unmixed blessing. Among the many objections that are from time to time raised against it, the most valid is that the present undergraduate thesis is often merely hackwork. Such a condition is made possible by the nature of the subjects ordinarily assigned, namely those that have already been more or less fully treated in reference works. If the average undergraduate had the time and the inclination to undertake his thesis in the manner which he theoretically adopts, it would doubtless be a positive advantage...
Going into the Yard for the Senior year appeals to some men because it is inexpensive, to others because it is pleasant and to a few because it is a direct means of increasing the spirit of class unity and intimate friendship. All three reasons are valid. It is cheaper to live in the Yard than anywhere else except pigeon-hole private houses on the back streets. It is more informal, more centralized, more suited to the nature of Senior year and in every way more attractive than a come-and-go existence in the scattered sleeping places...
...Election: A nominating committee of 10 men shall be elected in class meetings two weeks and a half before the date set for the election of officers, their nominees to be made public at least two weeks before said election. All petitioned nominations signed by 50 men shall be valid if submitted to the committee between the time of the publication of nominees and the evening of the third day preceding that set for the election. The day set for the election of officers shall be the second Tuesday in December...
...could express no opinion on the constitution itself. Its action is a protest against adoption by snap vote. For of how much force is a ratification at noon of a constitution proposed in the morning? The machinery of the resolution provides opportunity for popular initiative, genuine deliberation and incontestibly valid ratification. A vote against the proposed constitution therefore is nowise a condemnation of a Student Council, but is a step toward acquiring the best possible Student Council. A. S. OLMSTED...