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Word: englishes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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George D. Birkhoff '05, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Julian L. Coolidge '95, Professor of Mathematics and Master of Lowell House, James B. Munn '12, Professor of English and Jerome D. Greene '96, Director of the Tercentenary were those promoted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Becomes Commander as Legion of Honor Descends on Harvard With Mass Appointments | 1/13/1937 | See Source »

...girls outstripped the 8937 boys in proficiency, averaging 66.3 per cent against the male 65.4 per cent. Girls reaped their success on the less straining subjects, mentally speaking. They averaged 73.1 per cent in English, while the boys struck a mean 59 per cent. The femallie 66 per cent in Ancient History was pretty mean too, but the mallic 55 per cent was meaner. Girls were slightly better at modern languages and boys at Latin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Entrance Exam Report Shows Girls Are Better Scholars Than Boys | 1/12/1937 | See Source »

...notably in Spain the disruptive activity of Trotskyists was a direct prelude to the arrival and success of Stalinists who have now taken charge in Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. The ambiguous relations of Stalin and Trotsky produced the highly ambiguous Moscow Old Bolsheviks Trial (TIME, Aug. 31) of which English Professor Henry Noel Brailsford wrote that it was based on "three manifest impossibilities." Watching the trial, New York Times Correspondent Harold Denny cabled "This correspondent confesses that the psychology of these prisoners, ardently condemning themselves, baffles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 11, 1937 | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

Engaged. Betty Nuthall, 25, buxom English tennist, U. S. woman champion in 1930; and David Alexander Barclay, 34, secretary of British Cellophane Ltd.; in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 11, 1937 | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

...ideally organized department would present one or two introductory courses followed by a group of middle courses. Then there would be a large number of specialized courses given only when demanded. The English department follows this sensible arrangement. It offers introductory courses like Englishes 1 and 2, and follows them by a middle group of Englishes 5 and 7 for those who wish to pursue the genius of Shelley or Keats there are special courses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COURSE CATASTROPHIES | 1/8/1937 | See Source »

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