Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...British conception of the matter," said Chairman Fred Albert Britten of the U. S. House Naval Affairs Committee, "is silly...
...progress of modern invention eagerly will find here what architectural problems lie behind discovery and scientific progress. These problems are considered in the light of the mental rather than the historical developments of the last three centuries. The modification of the old concepts of an order in nature, matter, space, time, continuity, interaction, induction, and atomism by the newer ones of the molecular theory, the quantum theory and relativity to form a new, harmonious system, is, in the last analysis, the main theme of this cosmology...
...Christmas cheer is a very pleasant picture to anticipate. But in any clime Christmas itself isn't such a bad idea. With the prospect of his own vacation right before him, the Vagabond is in no mood to moralize about the spirit of Christmas, or anything else, for that matter. But he does feel cheerio about the day, about the whole season. Since that is tantamount to a confession of old fashioned sentimentality, the Vagabond is willing to go the whole ways. He sincerely greets all his friends with the age old wish: "A right merrie Christmas, gentlemen...
...getting in is a comparatively simple matter to getting out. The belated visitor finds himself, aghast at his plight, rattling futilely at the door of Randolph which will only open from the other side! People have been known to wander about in this maze for hours before they found the gate and succeeded in climbing over; and although many of the regular visitors who are notoriously poor at fence climbing are now considering the expedient of water proof tents for the evening, the situation is still a critical...
...replies to this letter should determine what the feeling of other classes will be in the matter. Freshmen and Sophomores will be asked to indicate their feeling as regards the same arrangement when they send in their applications...