Word: ago
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first trip north was as surgeon for the Anglo-American expedition into the Arctic 12 years ago. Nikkelsson was in command and with him was Stefansson...
...rated high, too, in the medical world, and gained note through his original thought and research work. A few years ago he made an important trip into Yucatan, Central America, in connection with his medical investigations, specializing in ethnology...
Professor Perry read from a letter writen by a mother to her son in Christ's Church College, England, over 200 years ago, the key-note of which was "methodize your hours so as best to improve them." The advice was to have some system for everything in daily life and live up to it religiously...
...what are some of the ramifications of this tax measure which will make an allowance that was a fortune a short time ago, a pittance now? In the first place there is the three cent postage. This may be a most opportune excuse for fewer letters home, provided a tendency toward economy makes fond parents swell with pride. On the other hand, it may cause great embarrassment to a Lethario with sailor-like qualities, when he finds his few coppers will not keep the various maids in various ports informed about his successes at college, social and otherwise...
...readjustment of certain phases of undergraduate life which followed the advent of the Freshman Dormitories two years ago led to the formation of a new agreement between a number of the clubs regulating the election of members...