Word: allow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Many a bill received President Coolidge's signature during the week-including the Alien Property Bill and the measures to allow Col. Lindbergh to receive foreign decorations, and to authorize the Postmaster-General in letting contracts for air mail to foreign countries...
...clock on Monday to compete for the News and Photographic departments, it will be for a nine weeks competition broken up by the spring recess. Sophomores trying out for the Editorial department will compete for the same length of time. The competition will end early enough to allow ample time for study before final examinations...
...Vice Presidential nomination. Last week, he accepted with dignity, pride and an accent already presidential, the news that a band of California delegates, headed by Mr. McAdoo, had declared for him and wanted to enter his name in their primary. Said he: "I was importuned some time ago to allow my name to be used and I simply said I would not veto it." News followed that Walsh movements were afoot also in Wisconsin and South Dakota. Said Mr. Walsh: "I have no campaign plans and no thought of quitting my duties here [in Washington] to promote my candidacy...
...prevalent spoon-feeding methods in American education might be devised. Of the possibilities which are open I mention two. First, a student might, by arrangement with his department, or tutor, or both, investigate into a field which interests him and which the pressure of course work does not allow him to pursue in the regular session. Second, as has been suggested in several courses, students might read in some special topic connected with the subject of a course. Louis Harap...
...Russell: "I feel insulted that President Frank did not communicate courteously with me but caused the students to cancel the meeting. Dean Goodnight refused to allow the students to invite me to dinner. I was treated as an intellectual and social outcast...