Word: iowa
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Charles Brookins, of Iowa, ran the 220-yard hurdles in 23 1/5 seconds, to break a record which has stood for a quarter of a century...
...biennial prize for the best essay of not more than fifteen thousand words on a subject in political science goes to William Leonard Langer 5G., of Cambridge; the Ricardo prize scholarship, for the best essay written in a special examination held for competitiors, to Howard Sylvester Ellis, 1G., of Iowa City, Iowa; and the Menorah Society prize, for the best essay by an undergraduate on the work and achievements of the Jewish people, to Abram Vossen Goodman '24, of Brookline...
...compete in the open handicap meet of the H. A. A. in the Stadium Saturday. The first definite word was received yesterday by the H. A. A. in the form of the telegram, "Is my race on?" As two of the best of the specially invited runners, Brookins, the Iowa hurdler, and Captain Connolly, the Georgetown miler, had sent word earlier in the day that they could not compete, Ray's acceptance of the invitation is especially welcome to the track management. Taylor, the Princeton quarter-miler, who was listed among the definite starters Saturday has also forced to withdraw...
...thankful that the Supreme Court has not joined the ranks of "100 per cent Americanism". The Nebraska law, with its counterparts in Iowa and Ohio, which forbids the teaching or use of any language other than English in the lower grades, has been declared unconstitutional. The Court's opinion contains this sapient clause-"a desirable end cannot be promoted by prohibitive means...
According to The New Orleans Times Picayune, Bladensburg, Ia., has a postmaster, John N. Van Zandt, 80, who was originally appointed by Abraham Lincoln in 1865. (No such post office is officially listed in Iowa...