Word: function
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...list of tentative assignments as drawn up by the Masters and supplemented by the Central Committee was then turned over to the respective Masters for final review because it was understood at all times that the function of the Central Committee was merely to make an equitable distribution of the applicants; whether or not a man so assigned would be accepted rested entirely with the Master. Except for a few minor adjustments, however, the assignments suggested by the Central Committee were accepted...
...last three decades it was clear that scholars could not and would not limit their viewpoints to such matters alone. It was therefore a natural step that they should attempt to see the law in the light of the actual society in which it was supposed to function...
...Business," which studies the economic and legal problems arising from the N.R.A.; "Problems in Legal Accounting," "Psychiatry in Law Administration," "The Psychology of Modern Judicial and Legislative Institutions," these are some of the courses studied by the Yale law student to give him some idea of the social function...
When asked if he thought that the Harvard Law Clubs accomplished the same function as the Yale system of groups of ten students, Dean Clark said, "It is probable that they do. The difference is that the clubs are voluntary organizations while we have raised the group system to the importance of a compulsory affair...
Phillips Brooks House has laudably fulfilled a function not strictly in accord with its purposes and having given the movement impetus it rightly refuses to assume further obligations. When it issues its report next week the responsibility for supplying the commuters' needs will rest squarely with University Hall. Only two alternatives present themselves: positive action on the part of the administration to solve a pressing problem or the substantial curtailment of admitting commuting students...