Word: following
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...encouraged by all to make the first speech at the Conference. He did so. If the President and Mr. Davis had cared to take Mr. Eden at his solemn word, they could have proposed vigorous action to "quarantine world lawlessness," and the United Kingdom would have been bound to follow in giving the Conference a shove in that direction. Instead, the keynote struck by Ambassador Davis was: "We come to this Conference to study with our colleagues the problems which concern...
...President" summed up the whole oompah spirit of torchlit political nonsense in a single musical phrase. The new play pokes playfully at a dozen current problems, much in the manner of the semi-annual Gridiron satires staged by the Washington correspondents. The music, with no particular motif to follow, becomes largely a utilitarian accompaniment to fit the rhyme...
...most brilliant shots of all follow: those of the academic procession coming out of Widener and passing down the center aisle within a few feet of the camera. Just as the French delegation comes within view the procession has to stop, so there are some excellent close-ups of their colored robes...
...complete statistics follow: 1937 1936 1935 Swimming 215 256 186 Crew 178 176 186 Tennis 125 182 212 Football 93 88 93 Soccer 63 58 51 Fencing 57 71 39 Singles 56 41 152 Track 33 27 34 Handball 28 7 35 Cross Country 22 30 17 Tumbling and Apparatus 19 Managers 13 9 14 Lacrosse 5 Miscellaneous...
...single examination, there need not be fourteen different ones. If each of the three or four experts would draw up a syllabus containing what he believes to be the essentials of the course, in the order in which they should be presented, and if every section were required to follow one of these plans, the number of examinations necessary would be reduced to three, or four, as the case might be. Although this would not be a complete solution, it would be a long step toward a much-needed reform...