Word: fails
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...this respect," the editorial remarked. But, it continued, "In view of the fact that daily tests and examinations are peculiar to college life, cheating under these circumstances becomes a local problem. It is not safe to assume that a man who cheats in them will inevitably fail in future trials of his honesty...
...better I know this last stretch will be the biggest fright of my life. . . . Oh, you don't know that forlorn feeling-above you, a grim black sky; underneath, the revolving sea, and you are quite alone in a frail machine, every moment fearing that the motor will fail and you will have to face calamity. No, no-never again...
...also points to the weakness of the present language requirements, which cause "reading knowledge" to be interpreted as the result of two years of passing work in a language in college, in courses which are necessarily elementary and non-cultural, and generally boring. As long as preparatory schools fail to cover the ground of elementary lingual preparation, and as long as the College retains its demand for "reading knowledge" of this sort, elementary language courses will continue to eat into student time. Alteration in the two conditions must go hand in hand, but the College has the power to take...
...course attempting to give an intelligent appreciation of approximately fifteen centuries of the world's most fertile artistic production in less than fifteen weeks must fail. It is not the fault of the instructors who must present this mass of material. In order to include even the outstanding artistic works of this period they are forced to require their students to absorb such a large list of names and facts that it would be impossible to expect any intelligent assimilation or appreciation...
...confine the soul of a rover within the cloisters and the hearths of an institution symbolized by Tuesday, Thursday, and (at the pleasure of the instructor) Saturday classes. For a roving genius cannot be bound by engagements collegiate or marital. One appointment, however, that the Vagabond will not fail to meet, is with Professor C.K. Webster this morning at 9 o'clock in the New Lecture Hall. This is rather a large place for a tete-a-tete, but a regiment of students will be there to watch the Professor and the Vagabond discuss the Origins of the World...