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...continue to be attacked on the grounds that it attempts to do too much in a limited period of time. The result of its high pressure method has been that many men receive degrees with nothing more than a superficial acquaintance with a large number of names that are valueless beyond the realms of dinner conversation. Fine Arts 1d is a course that tends to give this coruscating but meaningless polish simply because the instructors are not given sufficient time to provide anything else...
...true that these statements were given to the Press simultaneously with their radio delivery but this was a valueless concession as in no case could material be published by papers until from...
...avowed purpose. In their attempt to instill a good lingual foundation, the language requirements have succeeded in annoying some, placing others unfairly on probation, and acquainting the majority with English translations of fairy tales and a few erroneous fragments of grammar. An elementary introduction to a language is almost valueless, and it is hard to see how French 2 or its like can inculcate a reading knowledge. The present system takes the student's attention from the studies where his interests lie to the least stimulating courses offered by the College, at the very period when the difficult transition from...
...officers of the Sophomore Class have decided not to hold the customary smoker for their class this spring. In the past, other classes have found these affairs dull and wholly valueless as far as their supposed purpose of promoting class spirit goes. The Junior Prom met a similar fate, and few regretted the lost ball and brawl. These vanishing traditions of a Harvard that was once united and compact will not be missed. New traditions, more natural and more spontaneous, will no doubt spring from the smaller and more easily handled units of the House Plan...
...used as the plaster base and insulator. Reversing the old order, sugar is now the by-product in some places where cane is planted to yield the board material. Cornstalks are used to produce paper and a kind of lumber, "Maizewood"' (TIME, Dec. 24, 1928). Straw, virtually valueless as a fertilizer. has always been a problem. Farmers burn a large percentage of the 50 million tons produced each year. Some is being used (250.000 tons) to produce an insulating board whose heat conductivity is comparable to balsa wood and cork. Also from straw an artificial lumber will soon...