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Word: academicized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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A friend of mine in high-school once had the habit of peppering his exampapers with little academic witticisms, (partly in order to raise his grade). He got one paper back totally uncorrected, except for the single terse remark: "Clover--but not true." This one phrase well strikes the effect...

Author: By Jonas Barish, | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 11/29/1940 | See Source »

Harvard has been a big gun throughout the history of the schools, helping to found them, contributing enormously to their growth, and, finally, giving them the shove that may well lead to their complete disappearance from the academic picture. This shove, Burton suggests, is a step that other colleges should...

Author: By Professor OF History. and C. H. Taylor, S | Title: Magazine Article Lauds Harvard's Role in Eliminating Notorious Tutoring Schools | 11/26/1940 | See Source »

Twenty-three awards, totalling $8,375, to students for the current academic year, were announced as follows:

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Announces 23 More Scholarships | 11/26/1940 | See Source »

Professor Douglas C. Macintosh, prominent theologian, of Yale University, has been appointed Dudleian Lecturer at Harvard University for the current academic year.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MacINTOSH TO GIVE DUDLEIAN LECTURE | 11/21/1940 | See Source »

"Those who were in Cambridge in the spring of 1917 will recall the scene of an academic community rapidly but confusedly becoming war-conscious. Neither at that time nor in retrospect did it seem to me an edifying spectacle. The professors acted as recruiting officers and students marched off to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 11/21/1940 | See Source »

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