Word: actually
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...debate, the Debating Council has done its part toward giving the system of simultaneous debates a fair trial at Harvard. Our authorities have never consistently urged the adoption of this plan, leaving Princeton to stand alone as an advocate of the change. As a result we have had no actual demonstration of the value of the system, and can only judge it by its success in other triangular leagues. From Harvard's point of view this year is an excellent time to test the plan, for the regular schedule makes both debates come in the spring. Adherence...
...position of Memorial Hall in the University is a peculiar one--one which is regulated largely by economic conditions. At present the membership of the Hall is less by several hundred than its actual capacity would permit, and the price of board for those who exercise little restraint over their choice is higher than seems warranted. This high price deters many men from eating at the Hall, because they do not realize that the high price would be reduced if they joined, not as individuals--for one more or less would make little difference...
...Senior class has again decided to adopt class buttons; and however skeptical many Seniors may be as to the actual value of this custom, they should insure it a fair trial. Class buttons in the Senior year seem an unnatural way of bringing classmates together. After living for three years within the University and participating in its various activities, it is not likely that two men who have never before met should be induced by the sight of a button to become close friends. They may, however, be led to recognize each other as members of the same class...
...unprogressive. He instanced the evolution of the modern Roman Mass out of the Coptic Mass, marked by the conversion of the solid wall of masonry which originally separated the celebrants from the congregation, into a light screen, together with the substitution of the idea of spiritual sacrifice for the actual slaughter of beasts. Furthermore, President Eliot said, the Catholic Church was not estranged from science: this was shown by the recent establishment of the Carney Hospital in Boston. Although this institution has been in operation only a year, it has already surpassed both the Massachusetts and the Boston hospitals...
...Armand has been selected to take charge of the production of the plays this year. He has had considerable experience in dramatic teaching, and has for some time been connected with the Alliance Francaise. It is expected that the actual work upon the plays will begin by Monday next, at latest...