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Word: desiree (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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But if rumor has played us false, she has perhaps done us a good turn. We are too prone to take our good things for granted. We have enjoyed Professor Baker as one enjoys good health or the other bounties of nature, without ever quite realizing what life would be...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IT MUST BE SO | 10/6/1924 | See Source »

Of course the schools are not entirely to blame. Undoubtedly the College itself could make a greater effort to humanize its courses, and undoubtedly the parents could help by changing their attitude as to the comparative values of athletics, etc., and studies. Still, it is to be considered that the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD MAN CRITICISES SCHOLASTIC RECORDS OF MEN FROM BOARDING SCHOOLS | 10/2/1924 | See Source »

In "The Coming of Jan" Walter D. Edmonds Jr. seems to be straining, whether consciously or not, for Hardy effects. Without the slightest trace of plagiarism his story echoes "The Three Strangers" and the fireside scene of "Tess", but the atmosphere is unmistakably theatrical. One must practice for years undoubtedly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADVOCATE PLAYS APE REVIEWER BELIEVES | 9/29/1924 | See Source »

More than 200 architects have expressed their desire of entering the first stage of the competition, which is without stipend but open. Architeots will be allowed to compete in this stage without any previous investigation of their business qualifications. From the designs submitted the architectural jury, without knowledge of the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Announce Program For Building of New Business School Across Charles. | 9/29/1924 | See Source »

The caricature of the vintage of 1776 or thereabouts, recently discovered on the walls of Massachusetts Hall, has caused considerable discussion among the intellectuals of the yard. The first word is easy; but who--or what was Ben? Was it a clock which sounded the Chapel bell in days gone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "BEDAMN, BEN!" | 9/29/1924 | See Source »

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