Word: lowerings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Purveyor's of the History Department's choice tutorial volumes from the Lower Widener Reading room will be somewhat hindered in their activities this year by a new system which will soon be put into effect...
...year they met and shook hands above the Hudson's surface-two Irish-blooded politicians, neighbors, mutual admirers; Governors Alfred Emanuel Smith of New York and Arthur Harry Moore of New Jersey. Last year's ceremony was to celebrate the opening of the Holland Vehicular Tunnel between lower Manhattan and Jersey City (TIME, Aug. 30, 1926). On that occasion, gold teeth flashing and freckles getting lost in dimples, the Governors had jocularly pushed and pulled each other across the interstate line. Last week's ceremony on the S. S. De Witt Clinton, anchored at midstream...
...respect of statesmen far beyond the frontiers of Germany. Simple and unaffected in speech, he exuded an earnestness and sincerity that marked him as capable and efficient and endeared him to all. Coming to Washington two years ago as the successor of Dr. Wiedfeldt, who refused to lower the German flag at the death of ex-President Woodrow Wilson, he had a hard row to hoe; but by his energy and straight-forwardness in official matters and by his skill and charm as a host he soon conquered the Washington diplomatic circle and society...
...recent tendency of American plays to explore the lower levels of existence in search of drama includes Kenyon Nicholson's "The Barker", which at the Hollis Street Thoatre has ligtened the theatrical gloom of September Boston. The Barker, played by Walter Huston, is one Nifty Millor, who is the manager as well as the chief adviser of a tent show in a travelling carnival; and the drama results from the unexpected appearance, during a summer vacation, of his son, who is being kept at a safe distance from the hula dancers and educated for the law. Nifty breaks off with...
...certain courses open to Freshman. Greek B, for instance, will adopt the new system because of the large number of upperclassmen regularly enrolled in its ranks. The division of Philosophy and Psychology will likewise put the reading plan into effect. In Philosophy not only the advanced but also the lower courses. Philosophy A, B, 1, and 1a, will adopt the periods, and it is probable that the usual section meetings will be held in these courses while the lectures are in suspension...