Word: firsts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bolt from a clear sky last night shattered the secrecy which has surrounded Harvard's negotiations for a new crew coach, with the announcement of the appointment of Charles J. Whiteside of Syracuse University to the crew coaching staff of Harvard University. The first mention of the news was made last night by Frank J. Ryan '24, publicity director of the Harvard Athletic Association between the first and second periods of the Bruins-Pittsburg hockey game at the Boston Garden...
...Whiteside is a graduate of Syracuse University and rowed there as a member of the Freshman and University crews. He was coach of the Syracuse Freshman crew which won first place in the Freshman race at the Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta at Poughkeepsie last June. At Syracuse it is understood that he never rowed on a losing crew. His home formerly was in Duluth, Minnesota. He is about 36 years of age. He will report at Harvard next week...
...Tuesday, for the first time, the public is to have the opportunity of seeing several of the educational films at Brattle Hall put forth by the University Film Foundation in collaboration with the faculty of the University...
...flagrant offender in this regard has been History 2, covering during the first half year the period from the French Revolution to the fall of the Second Empire. The assignment for the December Hour consisted of reading from relevant parts of a half dozen books. One strongly recommended for the examination was Marriot's "Revolution of 1848", a single copy of which was placed at the desk in the Reading Room a week before. Assuming a constant demand for the book, it could be used for roughly 300 hours during the three weeks notice given. With approximately...
...allowing one-third of an hour for each division. The second question required an essay on the July Monarchy, in other words, the history of France from 1830 to 1848, giving the men 20 minutes to write on a question covering one fourth of the time treated in the first half year...