Word: books
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...young Daladier obtained an appointment as professor of history at Nimes and a fellowship to study in Rome. Professor Daladier, according to his pupils, ran his classes "seriously but without solemnity," had a "horror of sterile academicism." Occasionally he even had a fit of classroom temper and heaved a book at a numskull...
Since his retirement Newspaperman Pegler has been living in Madison, Conn, and writing (on a double-keyboard Smith-Premier typewriter he acquired in 1893) a book of reminiscences tentatively entitled 50,000 Deadlines. His language, both written and spoken, reveals the origin of his son Westbrook's self-consciously polysyllabic style. Arthur Pegler finds people parsimonious instead of stingy, takes a libation in preference to a drink. He speaks of a publisher he once worked for as "that ineffable screw...
...Junior Varsity crew was coached by Report F. Horrick '95, a great benefactor of Harvard rowing. According to the H book of Harvard athletics, the second crews between 1899 and 1914 had rowed their annual races in fours. The change was made to eights in 1914 for Harvard's trip to Henley...
Several innovations have been made by the 1939 Board in the book. For the first time the cover will have a Harvard scene as the background on the cover. Although the book will be approximately the same size as that of a year ago, new features have been included. Outstanding is an article on education at Harvard during the past four years. Greater length will be given to a stories on sports and the Houses...
...prevent the schools from tempting students with notes, the Advocate recommends University copyright suits against the schools to protect lectures, as well as publishers suits to protect text book material...