Word: major
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Walsh a son of a former major league hurler, was on the mound for the South Bend outfit, and held the Harvard batters well in hand throughout the nine innings. He allowed only seven' hits and struck out ten men. Walsh also was a leader in his team's attack, scoring four runs and collecting a home run and two singles in four times...
Snowball Jackson, the dusky manager of the Tigers, claims a record for his nine which puts the averages of any major league outfit to shame. According to the lurid yellow poster which he is circulating to drum up publicity for the contest, his charges have won four, out of three starts. Actual records, however, differ slightly from his claims, giving the Tigers five wins and two defeats...
Yale does not favor concentration except for honors men. Honors men are allowed to concentrate at Yale during their last two years, because they are regarded by the college as already possessing the background essential before specialization can be undertaken, successfully. But the requirements for a major are so slight that the average man can scarcely be said to have a main field of study on which he focuses. The Yale system rests on the premise that for the average undergraduate specialization in college narrows him unduly, and prevents him from attaining a broad cultural background. It is the purpose...
...basic concept & method of Educator Dewey derives with brutal logic from a major premise, a definition. He postulates...
...cruising lunchers were read messages from President Gerrit Fort of Raymond & Whitcomb (travel experts) and B. O. Foster of the Standard Oil of New York (Socony), delineating their plans to advertise New England's pleasures this summer. Immediately Major Patrick F. O'Keefe, redoubtable Boston advertising man cried out: "Let New Englanders stop talking about things and start doing them." Shouted the conferees: "Hey! hey! Hear! hear...