Word: leste
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thatched cottage disturbs the quiet beauty of the English countryside. It must be admitted that trip in a wherry or a single, reveals a scene dissimilar to this. "The boatsman is seldom out of sight, during the lower half, of his journey, of apartment houses and the stadium: and lest the forget that he is still in urban surroundings he is reminded of the fact at least once by a small boy who wants to be taken for a ride; thus demonstrating the eternal optimism of youth, since it is doubtful if since the founding of the college such...
...travelling fellowships for graduates, also on instances of exchange professorships, and the like. It is hard to see why the same reasoning does not apply, and with equal force, to travelling scholarships for undergraduate. It is an outworn doctrine that the American undergraduate is a schoolboy needing constant discipline lest the desire for learning die entirely within his breast. He is being now, rather, subjected to contacts that are in themselves educational. Such is discussion with a competent tutor. Such, also, might well be study, for one year out of the four, at a foreign university...
...give her continued jail protection. Last week, one year and one month after her irresponsible act, Miss Gibson was put aboard a train at Rome, attended by four nurses and his sister, the Honorable Constance Gibson. Thus guarded, she left Italy for an English destination kept rigidly secret lest misguided vengeance follow...
...fired at from the shore-probably as a hint to keep midstream lest the wash endanger a levee. The Red Cross quickly collected a $5,000,000 relief fund, began a drive for $5,000,000 more. Pestilence and curtailed water supply threatened crowded refugee camps. Governor John E. Martineau of Arkansas asked the Red Cross for enough smallpox and typhoid vaccine to inoculate 25,000 persons. Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas suggested a special session of Congress to provide funds for relief work; President Coolidge decided that the emergency would be over before Congress could assemble and make...
...door came Miss L. S. W. Perkins, who 30 years ago was 53, when she entertained "a little bride and groom." Last week Miss Perkins was so flustered at the bridegroom's return, that her physician expressed concern lest the excitement prove too great a strain on her 83-year-old constitution. When the onetime Premier approached, however, Miss Perkins rallied, greeted him warmly, pressed a dry kiss on Ishbel's wholesome cheek. Followed luncheon, newsgatherers excluded...