Word: blacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Captain von Papen is remembered for his melodramatic attempts in 1914-15, when he was a military attache in Washington, to sabotage ships and arms factories serving the Allies. He was suspected of implication in the famed Black Tom explosion. Only an apprentice plotter at the time, the Captain was soon caught so red-handed that President Wilson notified the Imperial German Government that the U. S. would have no more...
...season the Orange and Black have been troubled with infield bobbles and poor hitting in the pinches. Most dangerous of the Tiger batsmen is Ben Tate in the number three slot...
...society of tomorrow. Just as our modern high speed motor ambulances are a far cry from the jolting buggy of the Old Country Doctor, so vast changes have taken place in the methods of medical diagnosis and treatment. No longer can the family physician carry in his little black bag all the equipment needed to restore his sick neighbor to health. He must, in many cases, rely for assistance on trained specialists, familiar with the latest advances in technical research. As a corollary to this increased specialization in medical science, the trend towards group practice, first introduced some twenty-five...
...fully agree with Peter Black '42 that the main reason why the tutoring schools have so many clients lies in the fact that in a multitude of courses no time is allowed for reviewing before an examination. Even worse in some instances: for History I at mid-years, besides all the reviewing we were meant to do, we had to cover a staggering three week assignment within the last fortnight before the examination. In England, both in preparatory schools and varsities, we were always given a "revising-hours" and in consequence we registered less cases of failure than...
...little need for tutoring schools in most cases. In many courses, the material is given up to the eve of the examination period itself. Not many men would pay fifteen or twenty dollars for a poor review if the college gave them a good one free. Sincerely yours, Peter Black...