Word: vitals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...year class. Its tuition rate is $1,000, highest college rate in the country, but girls who cannot pay that price may get secret reductions. There are few classes, fewer class lectures, practically no examinations. Each student spends her first two years in the Junior Division, sampling the most vital sectors of several fields of study to find her chief interest. To be advanced to the Senior Division, she must demonstrate a good grasp of some field. After that there are no set requirements and each student works on special projects which appeal to her. Art is one recognized field...
...Report of the Overseers' Committee on the Tutorial System, in the current issue of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin, is admirable. That the System is one of the most vital and significant aspects in the university is a belief held by many. At the same time, there is no question that there is room for considerable improvement, and now that the System has become well established, constructive criticism such as that contained in the Report is immensely valuable. However, it is unfortunate that in suggesting methods of economy within the System, the Committee develops considerable attention to the possibility of doubling...
Throughout the many changes at the Metropolitan, Verdi's melodies remained fresh and vital. And Gatti, hearing them again last week, was almost happy. The cast was the best he could provide. As the Ethiopian Aïda, Soprano Elisabeth Rethberg sang her music with fine regard for line and feeling. As her Egyptian rival, Maria Olszewska made a voluptuous Amneris. Lawrence M. Tibbett was in blackface but everyone recognized him by the power in his voice, the authority of his acting. Giovanni Martinelli sang the "Celeste Aïda" with all his might, clung to the last...
While the standard piece of equipment to be carried along on the expedition is a stationary bicycle upon which the members will take their daily workouts, much attention is also being paid to the shock proof packing cases which must preserve the bottles and other breakables vital to the entire research...
...dumps. In the commercial field deposits averaged 11% above 1933, but the average return on all loans and investments dropped in one year from 3.16% to 2.14%. Since that meant a decline of 1% on the return from nearly $300,000,000, Banker Baker ruefully added: "This tells a vital story...