Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cent. in his course with the same labor which is necessary to get 40 per cent. in another course for which they are equally well fitted, even then the instructor could not be expected to condition half his men. There seems to be no way to avoid this evil so long as in each course the work is laid out, the examinations set, and the blue-books corrected all by the individual instructor. This inequality in our marking system has frequently been attacked. The attack ought not to cease until the inequality has been remedied by the establishment...
...disadvantage of rowing against a current, it was decided to have the next race come off on Lake Quinsigamond, near Worcester. This sheet of water is undoubtedly one of the finest courses in the United States, as it is free from all currents, and is small enough to avoid a swell. It was reluctantly given up when the number of men in the crews was changed from six to eight, and the distance was raised to four miles. Accordingly, in the regatta of '59 and '60 Quinsigamond saw the crimson wave victorious, and an impetus given to a sport which...
...avoid collisions and falls at the Mott Haven games, the bicycle race will be in heats of not more than four starters...
Students, before giving your linen elsewhere, try the Harvard Furnishing Store, where all laundering is done by hand, and thus avoid the destruction of your clothes. 436 Harvard street, next to Leavitt and Pierce...
Lost-Will the person who removed the cyclometer from the bicycle in the basement of Thayer south entry please replace the same at once to avoid publicity...