Word: thoroughly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Jackson '29, who turned in a fine performance against the Indians, will once again defend the Crimson cage, this time against the hard drives of Chase, Clark Hodder '25, another former University captain, and Everett, erstwhile Dartmouth star. The Harvard scoring machine will be given a thorough test by the opposing defense, Fitzgerald and Perry, and by Learned, one of the best goalies in amateur ranks...
...avowed purpose of Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd's expedition to Antarctica is to increase man's knowledge of the South Pole and its surroundings. Thorough, the expedition has only begun a two-year plan of attack by boat, plane, sled, foot. Never before has an expedition been so carefully, so richly equipped. Never before has the leader been in such efficient communication with the rest of the world. Day by day, month by month, five men at wireless stations in Manhattan and Brooklyn, have been and will be receiving messages from Little America, Bay of Whales, Antarctica...
...admission requirement permitting the credit of four years French or German comes in answer to a long-felt need of preparatory schools. In their attempt to give men the thorough survey of modern languages which Harvard expects, schools have been much handicapped by a limitation at the point where a language is just beginning to interest the student. The new regulation should stimulate more study of French and German In school, and consequently lead to a lightening of the burdens of Harvard's language requirements in college...
...preparatory school changed instead to a science or a history which would enable him to gain an extra point. With the recent change in regulations the student is not deprived of the continuity of his study of French or German, and high schools are encouraged to give more thorough courses in these languages. Four years of Greek and Latin have always been acceptable for entrance; the change puts the important modern languages on equal basis with the classics...
...machines, the upperclass coxswains, by means of the Coxswains' School, will have an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of rowing as well as steering. Brief mention will be made of racing conditions and technique. Finally, there will be several talks on different types of boats, a thorough knowledge of which is essential to successful coxing under the present rowing regime. The School will have but seven or eight meetings and regular attendance will provide coxes with the facts that all the coaches will reasonably expect the upperclass steersmen to know once the crews are on the water...