Word: jeffersons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Jefferson D. Burrus is a Senior at the University of Wisconsin. For three years he has played football at end for his university, and this year captains the Wisconsin crew. Moreover he has recently been elected Rhodes Scholar from the State of Wisconsin, which conveys the impression that his scholarly achievements approach his athletic record in excellence. Backed by the Wisconsin Union, Burrus writes on "The Present Intercollegiate Athletic System". After an exhaustive study of the situation he writes, "I have tried to present what I believe is the predominate attitude toward college athletics of four closely interested classes...
...Macdonalds to Boston, Ishbel cried: "Oh, we must go down to the wharf where the Indians threw tea into the harbor-Boston Tea Party, you know, Dads." Soon they stood upon what purports to be the very wharf. Later, proceeding to Philadelphia, Mr. Macdonald contracted bronchitis, was taken to Jefferson Hospital...
Last week, in an oaken crib 52 feet long and weighing ten tons, it arrived in Manhattan on the French liner Paris. It is to be exhibited by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation in Madison Square Garden, scene of many a prize fight, hockey game, circus, but never before an art-lovers' nook. Later the epic in paint will go on a trip around the world and back to Paris...
...University of Virginia, fathered by that potent political philosopher, Thomas Jefferson, announced the foundation of an Institute of Public Affairs. Like the already famed Williamstpwn Institute of Politics, the Virginia Institute will meet each August to study and discuss governmental problems and the social and economic questions underlying them. Unlike the Williamstown Institute, the new body will concentrate on issues that immediately confront U. S. citizens...
...Illumination," Professor Black, Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Physics...