Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...plateau near Clinton, N. Y. overlooking the Mohawk and Oriskany valleys. Like Statesman Root the classical character of this stanch old institution, named after Alexander Hamilton, its first trustee, is illustrated in the apocryphal story that its quarterbacks call signals in the language of Euclid. The College has not fallen in with the parade of modern big-time intercollegiate athletics, it still has a rule against drinking, it proudly rejected the National Youth Administration's offer of aid to its students. But even Hamilton, on whose board of trustees sits Old Grad Alexander Woollcott, as well as Elihu Root...
Meanwhile in Quarryville, Pa. met the small, Machenite Presbyterian Church in America. Its members elected as their Moderator a stiff-haired, stiff-backed Netherlander who was nominated as a man "on whom the mantle of Dr. Machen has to some extent fallen." This was cautious praise. Dr. Rienk Bouke.Kuiper, 52, was a good friend of Dr. Machen. taught at Westminster Seminary which his friend founded, succeeded him as chairman of its faculty. Along with other Machenites, Moderator Kuiper last week viewed the election of Stated Clerk Pugh as proof that they had done well to leave the Presbyterian Church...
Even though William Bingham's resignation from the Olympic Committee will not stop the games from being held in Tokyo, the gesture is bound to start a lot of people thinking about the state into which the Olympics have fallen. The outspoken criticisms of Mr. Bingham are just what many persons on the inside of the games have known and felt for a long time, and these sincere sportsmen will welcome a public discussion of the issues...
...second largest winter crop in U. S. history (largest was in 1931). Spring wheat will bring the year's total well above a billion. Last week wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade hit new lows since 1933. At the end of the week May wheat had fallen...
Yale and Cornell, early pacers of the league, have recently fallen by the wayside. After a whirlwind start, Monro Jubitz, the Elis' sole pitcher, faltered under his heavy burden so that the Blue is a poor third with an even split in eight games. The weak hitting Big Red also bit the dust as the league opposition sharpened their batting eyes and has dropped from first place to fifth...