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Word: agee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wind", says the age-old proverb, "which blows nobody good," and the Vagabond was once again struck with the truth of the words when, in the course of his daily perigrinations he came upon a most diverting bit of comment. Curiously enough, it was dated FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Washington, Stipulation No. 339; and was in brief an agreement to prohibit the printing of fraudulent advertising...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 4/25/1929 | See Source »

Just at the time when many critics of the country's educational system are demanding reorganization with increased emphasis on the study of the liberal arts, Dr. Carl Franzen of the University of Indiana heralds an age of further specialization in the schools. If the proposal made to the American Association of University Professors indicates the trend to be followed, the questionable soundness of the proposition becomes of more than theoretical interest. To cut the collegiate side of University training to a two year general pre-professional course would seem to be heading the university back towards the state...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO SHORT CUT | 4/24/1929 | See Source »

...cultural training is not for the rich alone. It would seem a necessary balancing factor in the life of the specialist who makes the wheels of the modern day go 'round. The competition of this age may demand a reorganization of our schools. But the direction of that revision as Professor Rand has recently suggested, might better be back to the old fundamentals brought up to date with a philosophy of modern science. Some such move as this might by raising the standards, take care of the excessive competition, and at the same time insure the intellectual stability of university...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO SHORT CUT | 4/24/1929 | See Source »

TRUMAN R. YOUNG* Washington, D. C. To Senator Smoot, apologies if TIME'S report on his golfing prowess was calumnious. TIME said: "His golf came at the age of 63. Now from 6 to 7 a. m. he plays around on the capital's public links, shooting no in straight, cautious jabs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 22, 1929 | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

Frances ("Peaches") Browning, nee Heenan, juvenile half of a disgusting age-and-youth sex case, last week finished a lucrative vaudeville tour and prepared for an all-summer European holiday. Her companion: Mother Heenan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 8, 1929 | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

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