Word: familar
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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American History is a peculiarly suitable province for such academic pursuits because the problems that face us all cannot be understood without some historical perspective. Crop control, John Lewis's C. L. O., and the President's foreign policy can be most intelligently discussed by those familar with the rise of Populism, the history of craft unionism, and the conditions prevalent when Washington counseled his country against entangling alliances. More tolerance to new policies that seem to clash with old American customs may develop when we realize that many accepted reforms like free education, the limitation of hours of labor...
...after this epidemic of book-thieving that the familar turnstile was installed, ending what Briggs called the "naive period" when no one was suspected of desecrating a temple of learning. The effect of the turnstile is shown in the report of Robert P. Blake, Director of the University Library, for the next year which states that book losses had decreased 85 per cent...