Word: fours
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...office show that very few Freshmen have neglected teeth; that 37.2 per cent. wear glasses; that very few have such gross, uncorrected defects of the eye that they need the immediate attention of the oculist; and that 43.6 per cent. have already had their tonsils removed. Only four individuals were found whose tonsils were so obviously diseased that a removal might seem to be desirable...
...following manner: first, New Year's Day would become an independent legal holiday. "It would not be included in any week or month. Second, another independent holiday, called "Correction Day" would be provided for leap year. Third, the 364 days would be divided into thirteen months of exactly four weeks each, every month commencing with Monday...
...certainly striking that such a large proportion of these young men had had an operation upon the nose and throat. It certainly indicates a very lively appreciation upon the part of the parents of the dangers from diseased tonsils. In 1914, and in 1919, there were only four individuals in each group of Freshmen who presented tonsils that were obviously so diseased that a removal might seem to be desirable...
...calendar which would give this country "equal months," or months exactly four weeks in length has been proposed by the American Calendar Association, and a bill to that effect introduced in Congress. This simplified form has been approved by many authorities and, according to the plans of its inventors, it could be adopted on Sunday, the first day of the year 1922, without causing any noticeable inconvenience...
...Boston it has been definitely decided to have a four-team amateur league which will go by the name of the Boston Amateur Hockey League and will contain the following teams: B. A. A., Harvard Club, Y. D. Club, and Dartmouth Club. The Crescents, who are now known as the Shoe Traders Club, have been refused admittance to this league. Arrangements have been made for the league to play all their matches in the Ice Pavilion...