Word: defections
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Many of the models of the Eskimo teeth are perfect in every way, not having the slightest defect either of form or condition. Dr. Fernald states that is the 32 years of his dental practice he has seen only one set of teeth which were perfect in every respect...
...which rendered a large portion of the alumni hostile to the new president. Because of his tact, honesty, and faith in the university, the breach was quickly healed. A natural reserve made it difficult for Dr. Faunce at first to enter into the life of the undergraduates, but this defect soon dwindled away because of his genuine desire to share the troubles and aspirations of young men. He has been in office longer than any other college president now living, and he approaches the end of his service honored and loved by all the students who have known...
...that the November hours have arrived in their full strength and the visitor to lecture halls is in peril of finding even the pleasantest of courses infected with its unsavory interludes, the Vagabond will take the occasion to try to remedy one defect that is an inevitable accompaniment of a column acting as a guide to lectures. Dealing as it does with the smallest unit of the course--the lecture--it must treat it as self-supporting and must give it a definite title as an indicator to the prospective listener of what it is to be about. Two groups...
...quite sure that if this defect were eradicated, Harvard cheering would be as good as in former years. Truly yours, D. Macy...
...must be granted that this over specialization in the latter part of one's course is becoming more and more the defect of the Harvard system. Overzealous tutors encourage their charges to get their distribution off in their first two years--out of the way like an old shoe. Students attentive to this somewhat myopic suggestion often find themselves forgetting the excellencies outside their field just as they are acquiring the maturity to enjoy them. One of the purposes of Harvard's present system is the elimination of this sort of thing, and it is unfortunate that the Ph.D attitude...