Word: abolishes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Would Abolish Rank List...
...work with the sole aim of obtaining the highest marks possible," the President feels that this method of awarding scholarships would "tend to diminish greatly the emphasis placed on grades obtained in courses. In this same direction the Report reveals that it might be a wise step forward to abolish the rank list itself for the upper classes. Modification such as this would of course be more in line with the shift of emphasis away from course grades and towards the development of the general examination and tutorial system the President feels...
...ring is club-footed little Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, increasingly mighty as his Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment rivets its control ever tighter on Germany's press, radio, drama and cinema. Dr. Goebbels' scheme for getting rid of the Premier of Prussia is simply to abolish Prussia as a State. Last week General Göring, fighting for his Premier-hood, was able to force into one and only one Berlin newspaper a short account of a call he had just made on President von Hindenburg...
...Rules Committee next month. All were designed to open up the college game along professional lines. No coach was willing to endorse all seven proposals, which would: 1) permit forward passes from anywhere behind the line of scrimmage; 2) move the goal posts back to the goal line; 3) abolish the rule which makes the ball dead if any part of the ball-carrier's body other than hands or feet touches the ground; 4) when a ball goes out of bounds, bring it in 15 yd. from the sidelines, instead of 10 yd.; 5) restore the old rule...
Regarding the proposed changes, Mays has said: "I think that I would be opposed to the suggestions because either of them would make it necessary to abolish student waiters. I also object to the 14 meal proposal because, at present, the Union dining hall is the only place in College where all the members of one class can get together...