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...outdone, Harvard may offer two plausible explanations. In accordance with Einstein's theory, the scientific German may hops, by reducing the mark sufficiently far in a straight line, to make it return through curvilinear space to its original position. Or if this should be beyond the grasp of those who do not comprehend Einstein, the German may be trying to keep the natural resources out of French hands by using their forests for pulp. At any rate when the printing of the mark has come to a period, one may wonder whether, "if seven maids with seven brooms should sweep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "GOD SAVE THE MARK!" | 11/5/1923 | See Source »

...requirements for their A.B. degree in three and one half years and would, therefore, under the more usual business program, lose at least five months before beginning their professional career; second, those who, having graduated in June and gone into business have found their training inadequate for an effective grasp of business conditions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BUSINESS SCHOOL WILL OPEN DOORS IN FEBRUARY | 10/30/1923 | See Source »

...practical" men have traditionally, at least, scorned the aid of the theorists, for being practical, they had to be shown. And if the theorists did not effect any kind of union with commerce, it was either because they could not demonstrate their theories convincingly or because they failed to grasp the importance, and shrank from wordly contact into the congenial company of their fellows. The slogan of modern engineering--"If it's not practical, it's not good theory" is comparatively recent, and no one has put it more into practice than Dr. Steinmetz...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A PRACTICAL SCIENTIST | 10/29/1923 | See Source »

Coming from behind in the second half, the Worcester soccer team tied the Freshman eleven with a 1 to 1 score on Soldiers Field Saturday afternoon. A long hard kick by McGill in the closing minutes of the game cluded Woodard's outstretched arms and snatched victory from the grasp of the Crimson team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WORCESTER BREAKS FRESHMAN LEAD BY LAST MINUTE KICK | 10/29/1923 | See Source »

Spalding sent a pass to Jenkins that gained seven yards with fourth down, three to go, on the 18-yard line. Hammond passed high to Hill, who was waiting over the Dartmouth goal line, but Haws knocked it out of his grasp. Dartmouth started the ball back from the 20-yard line in a series of line plunges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD 0, DARTMOUTH 16 | 10/27/1923 | See Source »

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