Word: certain
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...other man does which brings him to the attention of the public. There are doubtless hundreds of men today who wish they had taken advantage of the opportunity to drop in at Wadsworth House and shake hands with Phillips Brooks or Edward Everett Hale. It gives a man a certain pleasure to be able to say he knows such men as these...
...undergraduates, the election of Mr. Lowell is of particular significance. No man in the Faculty of recent years has been more actively interested and has arrived at a fuller appreciation of certain problems of the student body. He has believed in going straight to the heart of things, of determining from the student himself what the actual situation is and planning a solution accordingly. It is to be expected he will pursue this policy. His especial interest during the past year, that of effecting the best method of rewarding high scholarship, in which he has done much constructive work...
...entrance are very much in the minority and they are competing with a number of colleges where all a man needs is a school certificate. The further reduction this year indicates a definite trend at present which we are inclined to be lieve, will not go beyond a certain point. It indicates as well the necessity of the proper authorities looking into the situation thoroughly and determining how it is possible to keep our numbers what they should...
...this period of speculation by outsiders the Corporation has not been idle and it would not be surprising to hear the result of their search before long. According to precedent, their choice will be submitted to the Board of Overseers for ratification, which body is obliged to wait a certain period of time before accepting or rejecting...
...requirements for admission to the Freshman class. An attempt seems to have been made to simplify these requirements, though without changing the amount or quality of work necessary by reducing the number of specific requirements. Candidates for the degree of A.B. are no longer required to take a certain number of advanced studies, though they are advised to do so, and the list of studies available has been increased by the addition of Botany, Drawing and Civil Government, all of which are now commonly taught in public high schools. There has also been a reduction of one point...