Word: useful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Athletic Association's surplus will be $111,111.62. Of the gifts made to the Harvard Athletic Association for the erection of the new gymnasium $250,000 was given with the understanding that $200,000 would be paid in 1930 and $50,000 in 1931. The Association will use its remaining surplus to pay the indebtedness covered by this deferred gift. The swimming pool in the new gymnasium will be completed in February, and the entire building in June...
...there is another, a pitiful possibility. Can it be that the Book Squad of the Watch and Ward feel harsh twinges of conscience at being obliged to use "falsehood and deception" in their glorious work? Can it be that the stern motto "The end justifies the means" only hides spirits saddened by the quality of those means? If so, it is time for some kind person to take the blindfold from the eyes of the self-made martyrs, and to instruct them, gently, that no one wants to suffer. Then, with the contentment of those who have done their work...
...Harvard in respect to the possible future establishment of an International House here. It is hoped that a center for social activities of foreign students can thus be realized. A step in this direction was made when the Phillips Brooks House Cabinet turned over to the International Council the use of the Shepard Memorial room in the Phillips Brooks House...
...problem of securing sufficient light for photographing still remained. Further experiments with Magnesium flares indicated that it was difficult, but not impossible, to use this method of lighting. If the flare was lighted too soon, the turtle retreated to the sea; if too late, half of the episode was lost...
...miles per season, nesting in the Arctic, wintering in the Antarctic. Chief Redington declared that the number of migratory game birds is fast dwindling in the U. S. Every citizen has a right to kill them in season (some states allow 25 such killings a day). Modern hunters use modern mass-destruction methods, such as automatic and repeating shotguns, live decoys, baited ducking grounds. Ducks die by the million from improper refuges like the Bear River marshes near Great Salt Lake, Utah, where alkali permeates the duck ponds. Chief Redington recommends more sanctuaries. Last April Congress voted...