Word: fourfold
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...supported it or given as much money to annual collections as the clergy could wish. Rector Ryan reorganized it, gave it a new constitution. Despite criticism from within the church he admitted women to the Graduate School, increased the number of laymen on his faculty, expanded the Graduate School fourfold to 650 students and the University itself to some 1,600. When a rich benefactor de manded the resignation of a professor, Rector Ryan stood up for the professor and lost a potential gift of $1,000,000. Some Catholics regretted that. But during the past few years under Rector...
...purpose of the new school is to make the ocean give up more of the mysteries of life, depth, and geography, mysteries that it has held for centuries. The accomplishments they hope to gain are fourfold...
...split-up of Texas into five States the size of Arkansas fired Mr. Garner's political imagination. He foresaw an East Texas, West Texas, North Texas, South Texas and just plain Texas in the middle. New State capitals would blossom on the mesa. Political jobs would increase fourfold. Every U. S. flag would be rendered instantly obsolete. But as clearly as anyone else Leader Garner saw that Texas itself will object to five Texases. The bigness of Texas is the supreme boast of every Texan. To hack the State up into five Arkansases would, to most of its citizens...