Word: fold
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...India the natives, naïvely do sometimes hold That savage elephants are sobered, (so at least I have been told) By a camel's bitter biting of their thin ears flapping fold. Once from Agra and from Oudh, all the people came to feast And to stand in glamorous gazing at grandees from out the East. Allahabad's ancient altars, Allah ruled, were not the least. . . . Oboe outbursts blatted blithely, beating drums too, bellowed near. Bedizened elephants and camels, caused a ringing round of cheer. This was time for fun and feasting, flout all thought of foolish...
...Wood, Jr. '32, to short, Captain F. E. Nugent '30 took over the duties of the second sack where he played for two previous years, and G. P. Donaldson '31 worked at first in Wood's regular position. If McGrath goes to short on his return to the fold. A. J. Lupien '32 will probably chase out to left field where he saw action as a substitute on Saturday...
...abuses of cumulative grading are two-fold. A man working to have his probation relieved at April with four B's must actually bring his grade not up to B, but to A in order that he may have a B in the office. In other words the Midyear grade turns out to be a halter about the neck of the man who would reasonably better his standing. Conversely, the system enables a man in good standing at Midyears to slide his spring work down to D without any evident loss...
...putting through changes in curricular requirements, the University has always moved slowly to allow complete adaptation in each department. The progressive inclusion of scientific courses into the Divisional Plan suggests that Chemistry and Astronomy may shortly be brought into the fold...
...announcement of the grants for research from the Milton Fund serves as a reminder of the two-fold purpose of a university. The more obvious purpose and that which receives the majority of attention is the education of students many of whom have no intention of pursuing their studies farther than in their four years curriculum of formal instruction. Perhaps this may be termed the prime reason for the establishment and maintenance of centers of higher learning. Manifestly, it is for this purpose that most of the funds possessed by the university have been donated. The House Plan, the classrooms...