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Word: busyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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When C's start running to D's and the little girl is busy every night, drop over to the room of Michael Rothenberg '49 and try some luck at breaking the better half of a wishbone with him. He's got 350 of them in what he calls "the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot House Mantelpiece Wishbones Once Flew from India to England | 8/8/1947 | See Source »

One flight below the ground in A entry workmen are busy making another music room, this time for students who wish to practice their particular instruments without interruption.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Utilizes Grant of $6000 On New Record, Music Rooms | 8/5/1947 | See Source »

Of Floyd Starr's 1,200 alumni, he estimates that 90 to 95% have gone straight. He gets about 1,000 letters a year from them; many are now respected doctors, lawyers, mechanics, farmers. Last week, after 34 years, Floyd Starr was sure that his school was "well out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: No Bad Boys | 8/4/1947 | See Source »

The day began with a salute to the flag and the Lord's Prayer. Then Miss McKinney started classes. While she taught one grade, boys & girls in other grades did "busy work" at their desks ("I have no trouble keeping them quiet. They want to learn"). At lunchtime, she...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Battle of Waterloo, 1947 | 7/21/1947 | See Source »

Five businessmen last week were designated the most notable Horatio Alger heroes in the U.S. This distinction-with a scroll-was conferred upon them by the American Schools and Colleges Association, which polled 800 U.S. educational institutions to determine which businessmen "best symbolize the traditional Horatio Alger career." Actually, only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horatio Alger, Inc. | 7/21/1947 | See Source »

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