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Word: idea (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Camden, N.J., President Arthur E. Armitage of the College of South Jersey (475 students) got off a quip. Other colleges had done well for themselves by changing their names to honor a great benefactor, * he told his audience; it might be a good idea for South Jersey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Innocent Merriment | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

Reynolds gave the Council several reasons for rejecting the idea of a survey at an informal meeting Wednesday afternoon. At that time, it was reported, he said there was no real need for a survey, and, in his opinion, the results of the Council's poll did not indicate such a demand...

Author: By Fred B. Little, | Title: Reynolds Vetoes Survey Of College Dining Halls | 3/12/1949 | See Source »

About a year ago, the National Student Association came up with what looked like a good thing. It was a Student Council Clinic. The idea was that since most student governments come up against similar problems, a lot could be learned from inter-council discussions. One council could profit from another's experience in an atmosphere unfettered by formality or Mr. Roberts' ubiquitous rules...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Councils' Clinic | 3/10/1949 | See Source »

...would be absurd for NSA schools like Harvard to pay dues to a local organization that is not only unintegrated into the NSA on the larger levels, but might actually be in conflict with it. If the Greater Boston conference tries to be more than a discussion and idea exchange group, then it is doomed to failure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Councils' Clinic | 3/10/1949 | See Source »

There were other differences. One summer Christina suggested they take their vacation abroad. "Instead I took her on a canoe trip to Minnesota and Ontario." When they were living in Boston and he told her about his idea for The Late George Apley, she remarked, as he remembers it: "That's a good book to write if you want to leave Boston, that's all." They were divorced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Spruce Street Boy | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

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