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Word: maters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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While this analytical editorial is profuse in its approval of the general plans for the library, it is noticeable that the News has made some very unusual and hitherto unheard declarations. Few Princetonians know that their Alma Mater has long been hailed as the home of "professional football;" in fact the News doubtless occupies a position well in the forefront in bringing this fact to light. Princeton were further doubtless ignorant that the long-planned library was in danger of oblivion because of a co-existent desire for a new gymnasium in which to house its "big-time" athletes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 11/1/1935 | See Source »

...might claim to be currently the Party's ablest vote-getter. Governor Landon's chief distinction, that of being a Great Economizer, has already been developed into a legend of frugality by his friends. His miserly appearance, his proclivity for backing the athletic teams of his Alma Mater, the State University, with nickel bets, have helped win him the title of "Coolidge of the West." Landon backers noisily point out that Kansas has no State debt. Soft-pedaled is the fact that many a Kansan would have gone hungry in the past two years without the Federal Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: GOPossibilities | 10/14/1935 | See Source »

Every Woman St. Lawrence University (Canton, N. Y.), Alma Mater of Owen D. Young, last week promised each of its female students Sunday breakfast in bed. "It is," said Dean Louise Jones, "a little luxury that I think every woman is entitled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Every Woman | 10/14/1935 | See Source »

...gain admittance to a house. Refused entrance at the very gates of heaven he is forced to wander alone and unwanted through eternity. Even more of a misfit than the long-forgotten commuters, his presence is hardly recognized by the university which he alleges to be his alma mater...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FORGOTTEN MEN | 9/30/1935 | See Source »

...make an institution pay which has only twenty four weeks income to fifty two weeks expenses in a year. This problem is largely solved by sending in such fantastic bills that the student remembers with regret that the great universities were founded as a refuge and alma mater for penniless seekers of learning in the eighth century of our Lord. Nevertheless, the authorities still find themselves with an empty university on their hands, for a greater part of the year, notably the finest summer months from June until October...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Cambridge Letter | 9/19/1935 | See Source »

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