Word: lefts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...father's architectural firm of the group plan of several colleges, first on paper, then in reality. Two of these, like Harvard, have had to adjust themselves to existing structures, but have yet succeeded in presenting a symmetrical whole. It is, therefore, astonishing to realize that it has been left to a committee of the Student Council to suggest what should have been solved in the office of Coolidge, Shepley, Bullfinch, and Abbott. It is not my purpose to criticize the work of this capable firm (although they have designed a second story for the new gymnasium which seem like...
...almost as deadly. Now that serums have been produced to safeguard against all snakebites, people must be educated to capture the poisonous reptiles and send them to the central institute where they can be made to give up their venom. Nonpoisonous snakes should not be killed but should be left alone as they are valuable in their combat against rodents...
...their approval with a handful of coins. Joe was once seen to pick up over 50 coins in less than five minutes when a group of students on the third floor of a dormitory held a competition to see who could drop the coins nearest to the horse's left hind foot. Another time Joe did a prosperous business when two rival gatherings in a dormitory tossed him coins, one paying him to "take the money and get the H--out," the other, "to play another tune." In spite of the apparent prosperity of his business, however, Joe denies that...
...much praise can hardly be given to the curatorship of the last Director, who left the collection in what may be described as perfect physical condition. The Museum is remarkably free from dirt or insect pests. The latter, which are a perpetual menace to museum collections, are entirely absent, and have been long unknown here. There has been no deterioration of specimens--all of which can very rarely be said of a past management when a new Director takes office...
Finished that book? Pass it over. Lemme see what you wrote this time. You're a funny one, Joe. You just write in the right hand columns. You been missing hundreds of pages since your Freshman year. Me? Why, I bet I write twice as much in margins on left hand pages. I don't know why. I eat and bat righty...