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Word: commoner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Josiah Holbrook of Connecticut had no notion at first that his scheme would catch on as it did. Back in 1826, he and his friends were only a handful, but they were serious about the idea that the nation's new common schools belonged to the public and that the public should be concerned to make them better. They organized the American Lyceum to help set standards, soon had members all over the U.S. For more than a decade these members made speeches, wrote articles, held public meetings. They got results: better training for teachers, the formation of state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: By & For the Public | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

...meet will probably be as close as any this season, the team hastens to explain, for Yale's team is fairly strong and liberally scattered with stars. The records of the two teams throws little light on tomorrow's outcome, as there is no common opponent against which the Crimson and the Blue can be compared...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eli Pups Host To Freshman Track Squad | 5/20/1949 | See Source »

...group, composed of Julius Adler, John G. Morey, and Lester L. Ward, all of '52, will oppose Yale tonight in the Union Upper Common Room at 8 p.m. David L. Auerbach, Leo Bersani, and Allen Lichtenberg will travel to Princeton. In the third match Yale and Princeton exchange teams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Teams Will Debate Yale, Princeton Today | 5/18/1949 | See Source »

...Liberal Union held its semi-annual elections in Leverett Junior Common Room last night and chose Donald W. Dowd '51 president and John T. Bennett '50 vice-president for the fall term...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Liberal Union Selects Dowd As President | 5/18/1949 | See Source »

This is the sixth and final concert of chamber music in the Kirkland House Junior Common Room this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Offers Concert Tonight | 5/17/1949 | See Source »

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