Word: felted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Part of this confusion arose from growing pains which separated her from her beloved Leo. Always, Gertrude reminisced, they had been "two together two" in what Leo called "a romance that began when we were toddlers." Because they had been so close, Gertrude felt lost when he went off to Harvard, off to a man's world. Perhaps if Daniel Stein had not died when Gertrude was seventeen, she would have stayed in California. As it was, she wrote, "Life without a father began a very pleasant one." After settling the estate, Bertha, Leo, and Gertrude moved permanently to Baltimore...
...Helen Bachrach, a cousin, "Gertrude was an exceedingly attractive buxom young woman of seventeen, quick thinking and speaking, original in ideas and manner, with a capacity of humor so deep that you found yourself laughing at every thing she found amusing, even yourself. Leo made you uncomfortable, you always felt he thought you were ridiculous...Everybody was attracted to Gertrude--men, women and children, our German maids, the Negro laundresses, even casual acquaintances she talked to on long walks we used to take in the country...
Fletcher G. Watson, professor of Education, felt that the new course fills the deficiencies of previous physics course, which were too general and covered "antique" material and "cute applications" rather than the fundamental concepts of modern physics. He added that these weaknesses are overcome by presenting "a limited among of material" in greater detail, which should give the student a working understanding of the concepts involved rather than a mere catalogue of remembered facts...
...Councilor Edward J. Sullivan gave his support to Vellucci's order, stating that he felt "a private developer can come up with a much better offer." Charging Harvard with attempting a "land grab," he said, "I know they are fast trying to put me out of business in my district," the area in the neighborhood of Dunster House and the new Leverett towers...
Many professors said they felt that it would be definitely beneficial to have more courses introduce a substitute for finals. Morton G. White, professor of Philosophy--although himself an advocate of finals--favored the experimentation because "a professor will feel more confident about asking not to have finals in his course if there is no precedent for them." Most of those contacted said they felt strongly that the course itself rather than any binding rule should decide whether a final is given...