Word: snappings
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...fall and at about the present time there begins a determined and wide-spread hunt for suitable snap courses, or in other words courses that are supposed to yield a maximum amount of something in return for a minimum amount of nothing. The ideal course of this kind would be one which met once a year at the pleasure of the instructor, and it is certain that such a course, if over discovered, would with its members overflow any building in the University. The search for this ideal course goes on in the same way and in the same spirit...
...College Office has also spent considerable time in the pursuit of the elusive snap course, and by means of fixed standards of marking and other ingenious devices it has produced a very salutary effect. Hounded in this fashion both by Office and students, the poor snap course has ceased to exist as a separate species. There are still hard courses and easy courses, it is true, but the student will now find that what he gets out of a course both in marks and in knowledge depends very nearly upon what he puts into it in the way of conscientious...
...Captain Black has led his team through nearly all the practice scrimmages the past week, and will probably play most of the match tomorrow, Vorys who is probably the most valuable remaining centre rush candidate, was freshman snap-back two seasons ago, and was thought likely to be picked as a regular last fall, when an injury took him from the line-up. Carter, who has been playing right guard for two weeks, is out of the game with an injury and Galt, Zenner and Durfee are to be tried at the position. Howard Baldridge has been used at right...
...Roadside Glimpses of the Great War" (MacMillan, $1.25) is interesting to Harvard undergraduates, not only because, it is the work of an alumnus, but also because is shows the reader some realistic snap-shots of the men in action...
...Team to a tie a week ago, and a hard game was expected, but the Freshmen showed that they had improved greatly since they were beaten by Worcester, and they had no difficulty in running up a large score. The team seemed to have a lot of power and snap and worked together well, the interference in particular being especially strong...