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Word: learnedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Near to apoplexy, last week, was Dr. Hugo Eckener. His Graf Zeppelin was about to sail from Friedrichshafen on a Mediterranean cruise with 28 passengers at $720 per head, when he learned that French officialdom had forbidden him to cross any part of France except at night, and except by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Political Hindrances | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

Newspaper cartoonists for a decade have clothed the college undergraduate in raccoon-skin coat, baggy trousers, battered and blighted felt hat. Such were the sacerdotal vestments of the initiate "collegian." But last week, Princeton's witty and learned Dean Christian Gauss hailed the passing of the coonskin. Said he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Collegiate | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

The Student Advisory Committee has decided not to continue this year the experiment tried for the first time last spring of furnishing advice to Freshmen on fields of concentration, it was learned yesterday from A.R. Sweezy '29, chairman of the committee.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMITTEE DROPS FRESHMAN ADVICE ON CONCENTRATION | 3/29/1929 | See Source »

A large number of international orientalist, authorities on Indic, Semitic, and Chinese studies, will assemble at Harvard on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week when the American Oriental Society meets in conjunction with the Second Conference on the Promotion of Chinese Studies under the auspices of the American Council...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHOLARS OF ORIENT WILL MEET NEXT WEEK | 3/29/1929 | See Source »

A certain mystery surrounds the present work which is being done. Authorative information is not available in University circles. It is thought that the survey has a direct connection with the House Plan building program, but nothing definite in this direction could be learned.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CUSTOM REQUIRES SURVEY OF HARVARD COLLEGE YARD | 3/28/1929 | See Source »

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