Word: mapped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...honor B.A. At Oxford he may get into touch with the man or men who will give him exactly the help he needs in defining his subject and pursuing his research, but the initiative rests with him. He will find no department pamphlet or department organization to map out his course of study...
...four full-page illustrations deserve comment, the best of these undoubtedly being "Smith's America of 1616," a unique map conceived by S. P. Moorehead '22. The cartoon about the "Drive Closed," for which Merwin and McCord are responsible, hardly belongs, as yet, in an American History Number, but the clever idea it embodies more than offsets its momentary inappropriateness. Altogether, the newest Lampoon maintains its usual standard of excellence while in no way distinguishing itself by any extraordinary offering at the jester's feet...
...list of storm centers which all of a sudden emerge on the country's map the name of Hurley, Wisconsin. Defiance of the prohibition laws of the United States was effectively met by an armed raid conducted by enforcement officers who confiscated enough moonshine to illuminate the entire North Woods and arrested a band of seventy...
...Stefansson has explored at least one-fourth of the million square miles of the hitherto unknown polar regions. He has discovered new islands, one of which is almost as large as Great Britain, corrected the outline of others on the map, established the non-existence of one supposedly-discovered island, and upset all the prevailing ideas of life and vegetation in the far north. His reports have been authenticated by the world's leading scientists, and three National Geographical Societies have awarded him gold medals in recognition of his achievements...
Baron De Geer is world famous as the first to devise a method for measuring in years the length of the latest geological period, which hitherto could be judged but relatively. He is also well-known for his map of the formation of the earth's crust and for his studies of the characteristics and movements of the ancient glaciers of North-western Europe. The former is still useful today and was the best map for many years after its publication...