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Word: folds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which bears his name has been practicing in his back lot for weeks. He has boasted that he will be able to hold the powerful CRIMSON nine to 22 runs, but in view of his poor support, this hardly seems probable. The lampoon has elected no athletes to its fold since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Nine Certain to Overwhelm Lampoon Filth Editors in Annual Baseball Game Today--Nihilist Dube to Umpire | 5/15/1925 | See Source »

...Pennypacker commences his article with a short discussion of the floods of criticism that have besieged the University coaches without giving them any opportunity for self-defense. He defines the objective of athletics as being two-fold: "First, physical and spiritual development and second, the joy of play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWIMMING POOL AND GOLF COURSE URGED BY PENNYPACKER | 5/15/1925 | See Source »

...committee has unanimously agreed that the merits of the Honor System, as the term is commonly understood, do not warrant its adoption at present by Harvard University. The reasons for this decision on the part of the committee are four-fold; the size of Harvard, the loosely-knit organization of the University, the lack of any strong feeling of dissatisfaction with the present system of proctors, and the changing nature of examinations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT COUNCIL REJECTS SUGGESTED HONOR SYSTEM | 2/18/1925 | See Source »

...following, an exchange of letters between Baptist and Bishop was published less conspicuously. The Baptist wrote with infinite tact on the subject of Church union, suggesting that those who stood outside the Episcopalian fold should be given a share in its governance. He concluded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Letters | 2/16/1925 | See Source »

...according to Holy Writ, more divine effort is expended upon one lost sheep and more joy is attendant upon its recovery than upon ninety and nine in the fold, just so does it become necessary for the organized Church Militant to spend more time and trouble upon one pronounced heretic than upon ninety and nine who may be heretics but who, for one reason or another, have never raised the issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: To Hell | 1/26/1925 | See Source »

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