Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...resent the name "fakirs." We study the nature of our snakes and it is not necessary to "defang" them, not at all. You will note that I place myself among the "experts." Thirty years experience among the rattlers. A good line that? And I never had to "defang" one, except on special order from a museum...
...selections are to be approximately five minutes in length, and must be approved by F. C. Packard, 20. Assistant Professor of Public Speaking. Professor Packard will hold office hours in Holden Chapel at 12 o'clock on every week day except Saturday...
Plans for the new structure are not yet far advanced as to details, except that there will be a tunnel through which the track straightaway will run. Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott, the University architects, will draw the plans for the new stands which will accommodate about the same number as the old wooden structure. Though no exact figures are available as to the cost of this improvement on Soldiers Field, it is understood that the sum will be in the vicinity of $175,000. When completed, the stands will be left in position permanently, or until such a time...
Plans for the season, which were outlined by Bell, reveal that a change will probably be made in the methods of instruction. Heretofore the club plane has been used for all instruction except, for landing, but this feature is hoped to be included in the regular course this year, thereby saving the organization almost $150 for the training course. Further details of this new departure will be announced after the annual meeting and elections, which are scheduled for the beginning of March. A competition conducted under the usual system will also start at that time. Although it is intended...
...Havemeyer died. To the Metropolitan Museum (which now lacks the space properly to exhibit the works) were bequeathed all objects in the collection except Persian potteries which were given to her son, Horace Have meyer. It was stipulated that the collection be kept otherwise intact, dedicated to the memory of her late husband. The gift was a final gesture, concluding a series of anonymous flourishes. Frequently in the past Mrs. Havemeyer gave or loaned pieces from her collections, always, how ever, with the stipulation that her name be not mentioned...