Word: absently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...said that Miss Lind is the first female gorilla ever captured alive and brought back to civilization. Mr. Daniel is the only human-reared gorilla now living, John Daniel I having died some time ago from homesickness while absent from Miss Cunningham. Scientific society is looking forward with interest to its first opportunity to attend a gorilla wedding...
...tasseled cap and flowing gown, Amherst inducted her 9th President, Dr. George Daniel Olds. Not until the June Commencement will such a great day come again to town. Calvin Coolidge, '95, onetime pupil of President Olds, was among the eminent absent; but the eminent present were many. In the procession, on the platform: President Lowell of Harvard; President Garfield of Williams (Amherst's "mother" college) ; Presidents Neilson of Smith, Woolley of Mount Holyoke, Lewis of Massachusetts Agricultural College (all neighbors of Amherst) ; Dean Bouton of the College of Arts and Pure Science, New York University; U. S. Attorney...
...time of the seizure of the City, Marshal Tuan Chi-jui, prospective President of the Republic, was absent from Peking, as was the victorious General Chang, Super-Tuchun of Manchuria. The former, as shown by his attitude during the abortive Monarchist coup d'etat of 1917, is a loyal Republican ; but Chang is at heart a Monarchist. What would happen, therefore, when the latter heard of the happenings at Peking, not one Chinaman could tell another...
Signal drill occupied half yesterday's practice. Team A lined up as follows: left end, Robb; left tackle, Coady; left guard, Theopold; center, Adie; right guard, Daley; right tackle, Greenough; right end, Dean; quarterback, Stafford; backs, Miller, Gehrke, and Hammond. With the exceptions of Chase, who was absent on account of an afternoon class and probably ranks ahead of Dean, and Stafford, who was filling Cheek's place. this line-up seems the most likely one to face the Tiger on Saturday...
When asked to make suggestions as to the work to be done, Professor Holcombe said: "There has been little effort made by any of these organizations to call to the attention of all students who were eligible to vote at the coming election the rules governing absent voters. If a united movement were undertaken to point this out, to encourage all men who have become of age, to avail themselves of the opportunity to vote, the clubs would be accomplishing a great service. It also seems to me that a straw vote would be a good measure to stimulate interest...