Word: low
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...examinations. Hence they have made it a special practice it might almost be termed an art-of reaching out to shake the students out of their distrust and to substitute zest for lethargy. "Copey's" success has been reflected in the accomplishments of so many who passed under the low lintel of Hollis 15, and in the devotion which these men have always retained for him. They ask nothing better than that the light in the window on the top floor of Hollis Hall, which has been the signal to many generations of Harvard undergraduates that "Copey" is receiving...
Evans Woollen, Indianapolis banker. He is sincere; he talked low tariff; but his boom did not impress...
...Poultry Farm at Garrettsville, Ohio, cocked a frightened eye, ran wildly about the barnyard, bumped into, trampled on, injured one another. Next day they did not lay so many eggs. Reason: hens have ears (not visible to the casual observer) and they heard the ear-splitting roar of a low-flying airplane carrying U. S. mail. This roar came twice daily and began to interfere with the profits of the proprietor of the Cackle Corner Poultry Farm. So he wrote a protest last week to U. S. Postmaster General Harry S. New. Prompt to please, Mr. New asked the National...
...unusual situation presents itself in the 400 metre low-hurdle race, for this event is rarely run in America. Nevertheless America is well prepared with any number of quarter milers who may change their activities to the hurdling field. Coach Farrell named as the best performers from Europe, Peltzer of Germany, Sangerson of France, Petterson of Sweden and Burghley of England. The Americans who will probably be entered are Gibson of Fordham, who defeated Burghley of England at the Pennsylvania Relays, Taylor, the 1924 Olympic winner, and Steinbrenner of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who was intercollegiate champion last year...
...merit" will be used as the basis for choice and in the broad sense in which it was used last year. It includes painting, sculpture, prints, drawings, textiles, pottery, glassware and bronzes. It is asked that no student hesitate to submit any object which he owns because of its low market value, since the exhibition will be composed of objects of intrinsic art worth, which term very often is in no direct relationship to monetary value...