Word: fourteeners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Herr Stresemann denied that he ever denounced the late President Wilson for the latter's failure to carry through his Fourteen Points...
...meeting in Evanston, Illinois, is as surprising as it is encouraging. In that one item on the credit side of the Nation's ledger which is thus substantiated, there may be greater significance than in all those on the debit side: and these range from "one burning alive and fourteen other lynchings" and "the Scopes prosecution and its revelation of American superstition and bigotry" to "the continued failure to enforce the prohibition law and the resultant demoralization," and "the retention of Wilbur and Kellogg in the Cabinet...
...halls of Westmorley, Claverly, and Randolph and in the lounges of clubs, pages shouting as they make the rounds. "Two sober young gentlemen for a dinner at the Somerset." "Four assorted blonds and brunettes for a coming out party at the Copley." And in the Freshman Halls. "Fourteen well-recommended boys. The Brattles to uplift the boys, the boys to educate our daughters...
...Haven, Conn., October 15.--Yale will act as host to the representatives of 25 of the leading universities of the country from October 28 to October 30, when the Association of American Universities meets here. Fourteen college presidents are expected to attend the sessions, among them Presidents Lowell of Harvard, Hibben of Princeton, Farrand of Cornell, and Wilbur of Leland Stanford...
...face of things, moreover, it does not appear that the fourteen undergraduates whose names appear as editors of the CRIMSON at the present time are peculiarly qualified to give expert guidance in matters pertaining to the curriculum. Only two of the fourteen are in the three highest groups of the college rank list. Nine are in the three lowest groups. The remaining three have scholastic records so low that their names do not appear in the rank list at all. On the whole, therefore, it would seem as if the editors have rated the Faculty somewhat higher than the Faculty...