Word: finer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...statistician has demonstrated that only about four persons out of every one hundred are mentally capable of obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree, it may very, well be that the high rate of insanity among college students is due to the fact that their minds are composed of a finer, more delicately tragic material than are those of the common herd; that while they are capable of more Intricate and more subtle machinations, they are also more subject to derangement. If this is the case, the present college population may be divided roughly into two groups--those who have come...
...York University. Basing his argument on the unusual theory that the "wages of sin are publicity" Dr. Lee apparently suggests that such sheets perform the useful task of rewarding iniquity. No less startling is his opinion that "the more space that is devoted to an erring minister the finer the tribute to the clergy as a whole...
...representatives of the Lone Star State's yearning for the finer things in the Theatre spent $1,200 in order to win a cash prize of $100 each. Yet each of the four players in this group felt that the glory more than balanced their bank account. They were a burning manifestation of local pride. Their group was established three years ago because the famine of first-rate touring attractions in Dallas spurred that town on to show that they could afford to ignore Broadway...
Upon little courtesies such as this a better feeling of intercollegiate friendship and sympathy is bound to arise. Too often in the heart of competition between institutions the immediate result victory, is overemphasized. The bigger and finer things, such as better relations, a broader viewpoint and the thrill of the competition itself are some-times overlooked in the desire to win. Victory become so large the greater benefits hidden behind intercollegiate competition are lost from sight. It is unfortunate that the relation between these tangible and intangible ideals should sometimes become distorted but it is often the case and cannot...
...water is let into an old well; it spreads out through the saturated oil sands and shales, driving the oil ahead to other wells. Air and gas have been used for similar purposes. Even after a well has been retapped by this method, oil frequently remains in the finer sands, and may, after 20 years more, distribute itself through the area again. The petroleum resources of Pennsylvania amount to over 400 million barrels, though only 35 million barrels have been removed. By these recovery methods, a very high percentage of the latent oil could be salvaged. Professor Johnson...