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Word: lets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dance lies in the fact that it is a tradition. Many who never attend any other college functions go to this one because it is a strong tradition and one worth observing. Since this is one of the few traditions still secure in spite of Harvard indifference, let us keep it so. Sincerely yours, F. B. Thurber...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crescendo | 1/19/1929 | See Source »

...Let there be two dances the same crucial evening. Let the one be in Memorial Hall and the other in the Union. Let the general run of "representative" Juniors, attend the function in the festive atmosphere of Memorial Hall. Let those whom one likes to look upon as fellow-mortals gather together in the exclusive Union after due selection by a select committee of those "whose names are withheld by request...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Compromise | 1/19/1929 | See Source »

Then there is the question of hours. Scientific experiment will also solve this problem: let one run from 7 to 11.30 as every nice little party should, and let the other function from 1 to 6. Time allowed for a good supper in Boston and everybody would be gloriously happen! J. C. de Wilde...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Compromise | 1/19/1929 | See Source »

Frederick Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation, received a telegram: "Only Elijah has gone farther and longer than the Question Mark (see p. 24)." Retelegraphed Mr. Davison: "Good. Let's trim Elijah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 14, 1929 | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

...would want young men," said Capt. Robert Bartlett, last week, "tenderfeet, enthusiastic as hell . . . college trained men . . . with their background and enthusiasm they would know what to do when we got there." He was discussing his plan to man a saucer-shaped ship, sail it north of Bering Strait, let it freeze into the ice, then wait three or four years while the ship drifted with the ice floes over the North Pole and down into the Atlantic Ocean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 14, 1929 | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

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