Word: attestations
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dean's Office, the Hygiene Department, the tutorial and proctorial system, and the cohort of Freshman Advisers attest the fact that there is adequate provision made to look after the physical and the intellectual sides of the student's life. Notwithstanding all those provisions, there are students who have difficulties which are not very clear cut and need more attention than many of these officers can give. Brooks House, with the consent of the Dean's Office, has seen fit to create a position which will provide a person who is thoroughly familiar with the University, its officers and aims...
Numerous signs attest to the fact that the structure is not of the latest fireproof construction, yet facilities for emptying the building are at best scanty. The wire ladder on the second floor is the single attempt at a means of escape, and this would be difficult to unroll or manipulate, especially as iron bars are secured across the adjacent window...
Other advantages might be expected to be forthcoming if the League should prove successful in its early ventures. Proponents of the League idea are not at all convinced that these long-run hopes would necessarily be realized. At the same time, however, they all attest to the fact that there is an immediate need of some method whereby unanimity of action may be experimented with, in the hope that a beginning can be made toward the salvation of athletic idealism from the serious threats which menace it today. Measures pertaining to standard rules of eligibility, registration of athletes and investigation...
...Smith recently pointed out, it was the New Deal which walked out on the Democratic Party, and with it walked Herbert H. Lchman. "The high priest of real democracy" indicated that he would support Bleakley as well as Landon, and nothing could more surely attest to the present Governor's repugnance to followers of Jefferson. Anyone who takes to heart former Governor Smith's admonition to separate the political bunk from the facts must come to agree with him and the men he supports...
...rumor that he had used his influence to bring the Walley brothers' case to its shocking conclusion. Back came a prompt and courteous reply. "To the extent that I had known these young men and their parents over a great number of years," wrote the Senator, "I did attest to their character. ... If my letter to the District Attorney asking for leniency brought any results, I am very happy...