Word: commonality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sharply divided on the advisability of converting young Jews who regard their own religion with apathy. Said Dr. Ernest Milton Halliday: "... I would say to a young Jew who has left his synagog: 'go back to your rabbi and your synagog and the God you and I hold in common...
...Tentative results of this survey show the most common occupations to be: factory work (assembling, packing, inspection, glass-cutting, working punch and drill presses); piano tuning; store & stand keeping; salesmanship (especially insurance); teaching; music (organ, radio concert work, vaudeville, orchestra). Less fre- quent occupations: osteopathy, journalism, poultry raising, stenography, law, operating dictaphones...
...point of agreement between President Cosgrave of Ireland and his bitter opponent De Valera, leader of the Sinn Fein, has been a common desire to see Gaelic culture and the Gaelic language predominant in the newly autonomous state. In Wales, recently a similar movement has gained official recognition; and Welsh, which is still the only language of some hundred thousand people, has become the medium of instruction in the majority of the public schools. But this revivefication of language and culture is but a phase of the nationalistic movement that is sweeping the world. In Russia, in Italy, in China...
Regent Luce states that the new move was prompted by the success, of the Freshman Common Rooms. At first these also were little used, although they were equipped with everything that a modern club usually has, such as a piano, comfortable lounges, chairs, magazines, and a few books. But the rooms for some reason failed to attract the Freshmen until the idea of having some of the proctors start discussion groups after dinner was initiated. A fire was kept going all the time and coffee was served. The Common Rooms are now a success, as is evidenced by the large...
...present Straus Hall Common Room is artistically decorated with velvet art-squares, draperies, a grand piano, longes, and easy chairs, and with the additional features of having coffee served, magazines and periodicals to read, and logfires, it is expected that the place will prove more attractive to the students in that section of the Yard...