Word: alarming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Newspaper rumors, scattered accusations, and student prejudices are not altogether trustworthy. It is entirely possible that the threatened removal of President Meiklejohn is a false alarm, and the Senior delegation to New York a wild-goose chase. It is likewise possible that President Atwood has been misjudged and wrongly maligned. But the cases suggest a parallel. The undergraduates at both colleges are supported by the younger graduates and the most respected members of the faculty. The alumni who have been longer away from college, along with the majority of trustees, seem to be joined in opposition. The issue in each...
Having perused well the chronicle of the week, the Vigilant Patriot views with alarm...
...adds that the piece, which is called The Childhood of Saint John the Baptist, was begun by the little composer when he was no more than ten. The boy is named Rota Rinaldi. He is now studying at the conservatory at Milan. His mother, it is said, has taken alarm at his too early concentration upon music, and has decided to remove him from his advanced musical studies and send him to an ordinary high school...
Having perused well the chronicle of the week, the Vigilant Patriot views with alarm...
Having perused well the chronicle of the week, the Vigilant Patriot views with alarm...