Word: letters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...greater degree of harmony than in poesy. Ask a lover which is more delectable to him - a portrait of his beloved or a description." EDGAR WEBB Director of Unit Managers Training The Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York City Mr. Webb refers to the "Ear v. Eye'' letter of Publisher Hecht (TIME, April 15) and to Professor Pitkin's prediction that the "talkies" will elevate cinema because "the ear is more moral than the eye." - ED. Favors Giants Sirs: I quote from TIME, April 15. "Experts everywhere predict that the Cubs will sweep through the National League...
Several inscribed copies of works by William Cullen Bryant, a first edition published in 1850 of Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter," a presentation copy of his very rare "Liberty Tree" printed in 1841, and books by James Russell Lowell. Emerson, and Oliver Wendell Holmes are other things of interest in the current display...
Several manuscripts of Whittier, and an interesting letter of Whitman's are suitable for first consideration. With what seems to be a curious naivety, Whitman concludes his letter from the Attorney-General's office to Mr. Freiligrath with the following words, "I shall be well pleased indeed to hear from you. My address is Walt Whitman, Washington, D. C., U. S. America...
...University championship, and no alteration of the insignia awards to minor sports teams has been made, although changes have frequently been suggested in different meetings of the Minor Sports Council. Already there are a large number of universities which have abolished the distinction between a major and minor letter, the University of Pennsylvania being one of the leaders in this field in the East, and in almost every case there has been a noticeable increase in the participation in minor sports, without any loss in the prestige which accompanies playing on what had been one of the major teams...
...some change in policy were adopted by the Athletic Association it would not necessitate the complete uniformity of letter awards which has often accompanied the innovation elsewhere. During a transitional period, in which the experiment was being tried out, the minor "H", with no small qualifying letters, could be substituted for the full sized "H" with- letters designating the sport, and full major letter could be given to the men on those teams which, under the present system, win the minor insignia...