Word: folds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first of the Liberal Club's series of meetings for the discussion of the disarmament question will be held at 7.30 o'clock this evening in the club-house, 66 Winthrop street. The club has undertaken this series of meetings with a two-fold purpose: to arouse interest in the various phases of the disarmament question, now of such vital import in this country, in the student body, and to acquaint members of the University, through talks by recognized authorities on the many sides of this question and through well-directed discussion, with the considerations entering into the attitude...
...state that as an outside limit it could not likely exceed 20,000 light years. Dr. Shapley's researches have developed newer methods of determining stellar distances which leads him to the conclusion that the real dimensions of the Milky Way must exceed Newcomb's earlier estimate nearly fifty fold. Recent investigations in physics will have a very important bearing on certain cosmic problems. These swiftly changing ideas in regard to the extent and constitution of matter, of necessity revises cosmogony. What the structure of the universe now appears to be and the place of man in relation...
...features of the season just ended has been the number of informal practice meets which have been held on the Soldiers Field track. The purpose in having so many of these races was two-fold, to stimulate interest in track, and to give the men as much opportunity for actual competition as possible. One of the new ideas was that of having a series of hurdle races, the winners of which were awarded a miniature bronze hurdle by Mr. W. F. Garcelon '05. As the condition was made that no one who had won a race would be allowed...
...series of fascinating articles which appeared in a great weekly newspaper several years ago painted the north-central Texas oil fields in glowing colors. The most exaggerated successes in the early days of those fields were written up attractively, enhancing a hundred-fold the oil fever that was then sweeping Texas. In addition to many old-time operators thousands of persons hastened to Texas who knew nothing at all of the business. Enormous areas of the State were placed under lease, thousands of wells were drilled in the Ranger, Burkburnett and Desdemona fields, and skyscrapers sprang-up in Dallas...
...philosophy before us in the form of a Kant, a William James, or a Josiah Royce. For these men deal largely in abstract expression and make no great effort to wrap their truth in the veil of beauty. The poet, however, must deal concretely with life and must always fold his truth in the veil of beauty. A poem contains truth, but it must contain more than mere truth, it must contain the splendor that is always upon the face of truth, it must contain the beauty that is the smile upon her countenance...