Word: dikes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...these men turned to Ibsen, and how the famous author, represented by several of his brain-children, rushed to the dike to keep out threatening boredom, is too well-known to be repeated. In a season of revivals, Ibsen headed the list, his only near competitors for honors being Gilbert and Sullivan. Now, however, at this early stage of the season, indications point strongly to the fact that he may again be called upon to rescue the public. Although this is too soon to come to any definite conclusions, when as perfect an actress as Miss Le. Gallienne is engaged...
...Billings will speak on "The Mechanics of Intrusion of the Medford Dike" and Mr. Carpenter on "Collecting Permian Insects in Kansas...
...Billings will speak on "The Mechanics of Intrusion of the Medford Dike" and Mr. Carpenter on "Collecting Permian Insects in Kansas". The lectures will be illustrated...
...Annie Dike, President of the American Committee for relief of devastated regions of France, who was last year decorated as an Officer of Agricultural Merit, was formally admitted to the Academy of Agriculture in Paris. She is the first woman member of this Academy and third woman to be elected to any Franch Academy. The other two were Mme. Curie, Academy of Medicine, the Queen of Rumania, Academy of Fine Arts. In welcoming Mrs. Dike, Pierre Viala, President of the Academy, said that the French population regarded "these American ladies as saints...
...intellectual life of the college community is fostered by the monthly meetings of the College Club to which all the college graduates in the community belong. Papers on various fields of research are read by different professors. Professor Dike of the Physics Department spoke on "Telephoning Through Space," Professor Morgan of the Economics Department on "Some Phases of the Problem of Population," and Dr. Post on "Surgery in America Today...