Word: offerings
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...past three months offer some basis for analyzing what may be the trends of future development. The houses so far naturally fail to fulfill the sweeping change of educational methods predicted beforehand, and even now somewhat naively visualized by the press and by visitors staggered by the physical splendor of the buildings. None but the most excitable, however, expected radical changes in the mental outlook of men who were to reside in the first two units. Nevertheless there has been a growth of ennui among those previously interested in the House Plan, and as the interest has waned, the sharpness...
Scouts of the dog racket work in wealthy neighborhoods, observing dogs and little boys. They encourage the boys to bring them stray dogs at first, paying small sums. They then offer larger sums for household pets. Sometimes racketeers pose as A. S. P. C. A. officials, snatch up dogs when they are taken out for an airing. Dogs caught in one State are often sent to another State to be sold. Purchasers asking for an expensive dog in unscrupulous shops will almost always get what they want. The pet shop owner will have a scout steal one to order...
...regular program, which has been carefully planned out for diversity and interest will be varied with several solos and specialties. The Banjo Club will offer the "Washington Post March", "The Wedding of the Birds", "By the Waters of the Minnetonka" and a medley of football songs. The Mandolin Club will play "March Militaire", "Espana Waltz", "Two Guitars" and a tango entitled "Jalousie". The Vocal Club will be heard in "Two Grenadiers", "The Chorus of Peers", a group of sea chanteys and the "Bells of Saint Mary...
Hostess House, as described in the recent report, is a large three-story house located at 25 Follen Street in Cambridge. One of its purposes is to offer a temporary home to students needing home care, to those, for example, who are not ill enough to be sent to the Stillman Infirmary, or not well enough to be sent direct from the Infirmary to their rooms. Another purpose is to take care of students suffering from temporary depression, however caused. Finally, it is instituted to welcome those unacquainted about Cambridge to afternoon teas, dinner, or homelike evening entertainments...
...present few opportunities are open for the student of Oceanography to gain experience in the technique of his subject, and the first hand intimacy with the sea that he requires as a background for his detailed studies. The institution therefore, expects to offer to university students instruction in oceanographic methods by participation both in the cruises and in the general work of the laboratory. There will be no formal classes...