Word: learnedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rated. Heretofore scientists alone have examined the records of the rocks and runes. Why not turn loose upon these records devotees of electrical lore or send into the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen those with a hobby for automobiles? Then, thanks to the hobby-horse, perhaps the world will learn that the Neolithic man had telephone connections with the adjacent caves or that Pharaoh toured his land in a horseless carriage...
...strongly advised the Chinese to learn the English language and to imitate the example of good government in all China...
After seven months of married life, a New York wife was surprised to learn that her "husband" was a woman. She filed a petition for annulment...
When we are tempted to sneer at certain Yale antiquities, such as compulsory chapel and an old-fashioned cut system, it is well to notice some other respects in which we can afford to learn from Yale. One of these is the midwinter Alumni Day which has become a young tradition at New Haven. Princeton has watched its operation and thought it good enough to adopt; the University may well give it some consideration...
...program of speeches by faculty and undergraduates, athletic events, and still other entertainments, the life of the college is presented to the alumnus in vivid and concentrated form. In one day he can restore his memory of "bright college years", discover what changes and developments have occurred, and learn first-hand about the present-day needs of the college...