Word: fastings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...about Harvard has been exposed, but also about myself. For the five courses in Greek which the writer pointed out as constituting the curriculum at Harvard constitutes at the same time my sole instruction in that department as an undergraduate. The Yale News was probably not aware of the fast that this frugal array of courses, combined with a corresponding number of Latin courses, and a couple of courses in ancient history, and the necessary intelligence in wielding the facts contained therein leads occasionally to a degree summa cum laudte Now the truth is out. And yet I suspect that...
General Smuts had a no less difficult task, for the tide of public opinion was running fast, fast enough to promise civil war. A Boer himself, he is yet a keen, sincere imperialist, believing that the manifest destiny of the Union lies in membership in the Commonwealth. While firm for a flag that would embody the Union Jack, he nevertheless urged moderation upon his followers and it was through his tact and diplomacy that he obtained important concessions from the Government and so was able to induce his South African Party to accept the compromise...
Presbyotia. People speak just about as fast as they hear?some 20 changes a second, said Dr. J. McKeen Cattell, editor of Science. To be heard by an audience or by people hard of hearing, one must speak distinctly and slowly, not loudly. A stump speaker's shouting is only a blur of tones to his listeners. In old people, the receiving apparatus of the ear becomes less elastic than in youth; it does not respond quickly to short waves (shrill) sounds. Words or notes of music following in fast succession run together and cannot be distinguished. The condition...
Weather Clear, Track Fast. Anything that can be as tragic as are slow race horses to so many people can also be funny if viewed from a slightly different angle. Horse race plots are always simple, too, and need not weigh heavily on the gallery's mind. This one, as always, tells how the villain tried by treachery to keep the hero's horse from coming first. As an undistinguished fable of the race track, salted smartly with curious slang and nimble humor, the farce does well enough. Jum Bubbles, Negro, inserted as a tap dancer, stole...
...squad of Indiana players and coaches arrived in Cambridge early yesterday afternoon and went through a short work-out on the Stadium gridiron. The Western University will be represented today by a comparatively light, but scrappy and fast eleven. Coach Page's Hoosiers are noted for their stubborn defensive play, and their four man shift in the line on the offense. The fact that both Harvard and Indiana have crimson as their official color has led the invaders to abandon their traditional jersies in order to avoid confusion on the field today. Just what color they intend to wear...