Word: foremost
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...long been the foremost patron of education in the almost feudally du Pont state of Delaware and brother Pierre is reputed to have wanted to retire from active business before the du Fonts ever bought into G. M. C. Moreover, it is a du Pont tradition for elders to make way for juniors. T. Coleman (elder cousin), Pierre, Irenee and Lammot were successive presidents of E. I. du Pont de Nemours...
President Little looked forward to Michigan's centennial (1937). He held alumni meetings, launched a building program which might well make Michigan physically the foremost U. S. university. In spite of vast expenditures involved, the alumni seemed enthusiastic. Last week, when President Little resigned, it was a year to the day since he first broached this program. Already alumni have responded. In Manhattan they are raising money for a University Little Theatre; in Detroit for a new dormitory...
...Amaral, who is giving a series of lectures this week at the Harvard School of Public Health and is doing research study at the University Museum of Comparative Zoology, is regarded as the world's foremost authority on snakebites. Although the Instituto Bustantan was founded almost 30 years ago, almost all the serums have been produced within the last few years since the young director took over the duties of research and production. Within recent years the Brazilian institution has expanded so that a North American antivenin research institute is now working in conjunction with...
...Latest, Chemistry in Medicine ($2), exposition of what is being done in vitamins, diets, glands, public hygiene, anesthetics, germicides, specific diseases, clearly and freely written by foremost U. S. authorities...
...large number of Harvard students and graduates, well known in amateur skating circles, will present dance exhibitions after the carnival number is completed. Foremost among these is S. C. Badger '23, who held the National Exhibition Skating Championship for three years while he was in college, and who is considered the best free skater in the country. Frederick Goodridge '29, National Junior champion in 1927, will add an act of fancy skating to the program...