Word: whether
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Whether or not Guy Nickalls has done the right thing in ripping his varsity crew to pieces, time alone will tell. He knows his business concerning this Blue crew--or is supposed to--and in the end those adherents of the Blue who are beginning to doubt may find all their misgivings resolved into emotions inspired by a victory over Harvard. The writer's personal idea of the Yale crew was that it needed a certain balance, a certain shifting about--not necessarily a casting out of the men who rowed as regulars at Ithaca. But Mr. Nickalls gained...
...those reported as deficient. in English had taken English A. Naturally the majority of the men reported were undergraduates. After some investigation it was found that many had been reported to the committee on the basis of English papers and themes which had been written hurriedly in the classroom. Whether this fact should be taken into consideration or not is a question. Surely a man who has spent ten years or more in studying English grammar and composition ought to be able to write a page of simple, correct English in twenty minutes. Perhaps with most men it is merely...
...college contributing the greatest number of votes will give the asteroid its name. The committee in charge consists of Professor Henry Norris Russell, director of the Princeton Observatory, and Hamilton Fish Strong. Working in conjunction with them are the various college newspapers, which are running branch contests to decide whether the name of the new planet will be Harvardiana, Yalensis, Tiga, Columbiana, Cornellia, or Pennsylvania. Princeton was not selected, as there is already a planet of that name...
...voting will be allowed, and repeaters will be encouraged. The committee in charge consists of Professor Henry Norris Russell, director of the Princeton Observatory, and Hamilton Fish Armstrong. Working in conjunction with them will be the various college newspapers, who have been asked to run branch contests to decide whether the name of the new planet will be Harviardiana, Yalensis, Tiga, Columbiana, Cornellia or Pennsylvania...
...accordance with the resolutions creating the committee, instructors have been requested to report "all students whose use of English has been unsatisfactory, whether in the matter of clear and orderly thought or in the details of expression." Up to the present date, 235 students have been reported, distributed as follows: Regular undergraduates, 195 Unclassified undergraduates, 33 Students out of course, 2 Special student, 1 Graduate students...