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Modern literature courses are rarities on the curriculum of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. During 1928-29 the omission of courses such as English 26 and English 16 has left the catalogue barren indeed for the student searching a course in contemporary poetry or prose. At least one regular course covering the twentieth century literary field and its tendencies would undoubtedly find a sufficient patronage to warrant...
...give flying passengers convenience New York City authorities have commissioned Clarence D. Chamberlin to lay out a field on Barren Island in New York Harbor. Last week Barren Island was so far prepared that the Curtiss flying service made arrangements to move its headquarters ters there from famed Curtiss Field...
...most marvelous combination of mountains and barren peaks, of glaciers, of rushing rivers, of wonderful cataracts ... the most lovely forests ... a beautiful group of cedar trees . . . wild flowers in the utmost profusion and startling beauty...
Harvard's educational policy has been consistently toward fuller individual development for the student. For most men the language requirements have been an onerous and barren task. Any move tending to make them more liberal will be earnestly welcomed...
...flow lines into a good conductor can be readily detected, and even the effects of better conducting material at considerable depth can often be estimated with a fair degree of assurance. Of course, all masses of rock in the earth that are good conductors are not necessarily bodies. Barren graphitic slates rock beds soaked with salt water, or basic dikes might give effects not unlike more valuable bodies and skillful geological observation and interpretation of the evidence in terms of what is reasonable to expect must be made before satisfying conclusions can be drawn...