Word: haven
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...himself. The man who was called was Richard Swann Lull, alma matered by Rutgers College,* and now Professor of Vertebrate Paleontology (the science of extinct vertebrate organisms) at Yale University, one of the leaders in his field, Director of the great Peabody Museum to be opened in New Haven within a few days. He, a believer that "Man . . .like other forms of life, is not the result of instantaneous creation, but of an orderly and long-drawn-out evolution," that "Man comes of a very ancient lineage," which measures "the dignity of his attainment"-he, Professor Lull, is himself...
...desired beneath the elms. The college secretary has permitted a public statement that the college officers fear that returning graduates will drink, unlawfully and riotously. An official college paper tells us also that the college authorities wish the visiting graduates to refrain, in New Haven, from any public or private breach of the law. These unflattering suggestions have been published in many newspapers. Dr. Angell thus seems to say: T deplore your coming. I am anxious lest you set a bad example to our young people. I am afraid that you will break a law which I love and respect...
...Some of us, therefore, intend to celebrate our Yale anniversary in Montreal, with discreet and well-ordered dinners, such as are customary and lawful in civilized societies; and by staying away from New Haven...
...runs and only two defeats, those by Exeter and Andover. Puffer has been by far the most successful of the second-string pitchers, and is expected to do well against the Blue substitutes. Last year he let the Elis down with four hits, but poor support enabled the New Haven outfit...
Moreover, in the hasty departure of Professor Baker from Cambridge to New Haven there was much which seemed unbecoming. To many of us it appeared a shrewd Yankee trick, similar to those business coups whereby one company lures away the consulting engineer or sales manager who have been the mainstay of a rival concern. Yale was not so poor in dramatic talent as to need such a quick turnover in her dramatic teaching. The result was that many who do not know Woolley or knowing him, have no great liking for him personally, used his resignation as their excuse...