Word: formely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...opportunity to compete for four valuable prizes, one of which is worth $500, another $100, and two valued at $25 each. The prizes are awarded in each instance to the author of the best poem that has not been previously published either in a magazine or in book form...
...recent graduates are gloomy about the last five years of Harvard football, they may be able to form some idea of the mental atmosphere existing after the 1907 game. At that time Yale had won six straight games, in none of which had Harvard scored a single point. Harvard had in fact won but four games in the previous 28 years of play, although there had been three tie games...
...positive side, there is to be a complete political reform, with the ideal of a democratic form of government. The masses are to be educated, and trained for their new citizenship. A livelihood is to be offered the people. There is to be a strong national police, and an army and navy which will hold the respect of the world...
...especially for advanced students. It is not the most effective method for stimulating independent thinking, critical analysis of material, or through mental work on the part of the student. His thinking is done largely for him by the lecturer or text-book writer who presents the material in predigested form...
Another significant development which he considered worth noting was: "Seventy-two railroads now use trucks to supplement regular shipping service?46 in terminal operations, 15 in the form of store delivery, and 11 to replace local freight trains. On Jan. 1, 1927 railways had more than 225 trucks operating, the route mileage being 4,226. Competing services had 43,207 trucks covering 607,029 route miles. Registration of all trucks in the U. S. was 2,764,222, compared with 2,432,017 the previous year...