Word: direct
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this purpose regular office hours are kept in Weld 44 every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 1.30 to 3 o'clock. Men will be assigned undergraduate advisors, chosen from a list of men who have achieved high standing in studies. These advisors will do no direct tutoring, but will endeavor to show men how to study and take notes in the best way, and by studying with them, will attempt to point out the easiest and most efficient methods of work...
...positions filled, for whereas in 1913-14 the total number of men for whom positions were found was 203, in 1914-15 the total is 216. Of the persons appointed, 31 were recommended in letters written at the request of candidates, or schools, or agencies, and 185 were recommended directly by the Office. The gain of 13 positions has been made in a year when few institutions have asked the Office for men to take the places of professors on leave of absence. and when financial depression has lessened the number of new positions. There were 602 calls direct...
...Today the Senior Class holds a most important election. The men elected today will represent the class at Commencement and will guide and direct it, as a class, afterward. No other undergraduate election is so far-reaching in its results...
...must not be thought that President Lowell has been forced into a premature declaration of his views on preparedness by any action on the part of the students of the University. Whatever action has been taken is a direct result of President Lowell's theories in regard to courses of military instruction in universities and therefore is--it is to be hoped--in accordance with his views. In any case, the awakening interest in preparedness and affairs military among the students proceeds directly from President Lowell and is not in opposition to his ideas, nor will any action be taken...
...Most important, it seems to me, is this: the aeroplanes are the eyes of an army or navy, making it possible to discern movements of the enemy and to direct artillery fire. One man in the air is worth 100 on the ground. I believe that 100 aeroplanes would be sufficient for reasonable coast patrol and that 1000 would provide defense against any hostile fleet of aeroplanes. Yet 10,000 aeroplanes would cost less than 10 battleships...