Word: sufferance
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...enlisted men of the army to get a thorough college education" after the period of their enlistments. Some thirty-nine colleges have signified their co-operation by offering free tuition, and fifty-two offer aid in one way or another. Unless the men are distinctly eligible the colleges will suffer. Just where this plan is of value to the individual and to the colleges is not clear; its value to the army is obvious. If the men can not qualify by the admission examination then no amount of army service can make them desirable students, nor will the education...
...practice on the saxophone at eleven or twelve o'clock, does he think of the commandment posted in the corridor, or of his next-door neighbor? He does not. If he resides in the Freshman Dormitories he may be admonished by a conscientious proctor. Otherwise his near neighbors suffer--silently, but not in silence...
Although the University will suffer a distinct loss in the temporary absence of Professor Hart, who is to lecture at the Sorbonne, it is especially fortunate in securing in exchange such an eminent scholar as Dean Henri Guy of the University at Toulouse. An author, lecturer, savant, of the highest rank, the name of Henri Guy has long been known to American students. He is a worthy successor to Professors Cestre and LevyBruhl and will be welcome not only to the University but to lovers of French literature among the general public...
...defence, which last season was always the most reliable part of the team, will suffer heavily by the loss of its two regular members. N. S. Walker '20, captain in the 1920 season, is graduating this year, as well as J. Stubbs '20, who with Walker formed a very strong combination clever in checking and fast down the ice. The pair was backed up by J. Holmes '21, whose work in the cage was consistently good. Holmes will return next year, and in all probability will be at his usual position. C. S. Stillman '21, if able to play, will...
There are several of the sketches, however, which do not suffer from condensation--the life of Beau Brummell, for example. This work is easily the best in the volume. Mr. Ellis is at his best in his description of the famous dandy's reign as the leather of society, of the crash that came when he went too far in his intimacy with the Prince Regent, and of the miserable years that he spent, exiled in Calia. when he lived a little better than a beggar...