Word: want
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Wolff does not deny tutoring altogether, but he insists that his clients have covered the assigned material and want to "supplement" it; have neglected their studies "through no fault of their own"; or else "are temporarily unable to do their college work without this guidance...
...organism which adapts itself to environment. It has capacity for change, for absorbing new ideas and making use of them to fit into the framework of existing institutions. It is far more workable than any totalitarian government because it follows no rules except to respond to what the people want. The most exciting chapters of his book though the most sketchy, outline our progress in such fields as labor, agriculture, industry, science and invention. Mr. Hays proves conclusively that in America, at least, democracy has worked...
...minute on ever' bill has doubled it seems like." While waiting for times to get better they fortify themselves with a helpful game. While eating a breakfast consisting of only black coffee "we poke the fun at rich people and pretend that we are having just what we want. We ask each other polite-like to have toast and jelly and bacon and eggs and it shore helps...
What is the solution? None! without a radical change in the student attitude. Such a change as I am about to suggest would indeed be miraculous owing to congenital cussedness, original sin, or whatever name you want to give it. When the student ceases to boast of the B or C he got and begins to boast of the new stock of knowledge he has acquired and the new ideas such knowledge has engendered, then and only then will your crusade be won. Short of this there are only palliative. Of course, the Corporation might hire persons to organize...
They really have more pitching strength than Friday's and Saturday's games would Indicate. When Healey is "on" and fairly well rested, he doesn't have to take a backseat to many college flingers. Curtiss looked good against Penn and Boston University, and actually he want's too roughly received by the Big Red. Only one of the runs scored off him was earned. Charley Brackett got a chance for a little seasoning against the anaemic Tigers and came through with flying colors...