Word: meanly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...desire to make English A a course primarily in literature with as little elementary rhetoric as possible has long been expressed by undergraduates and graduates alike and it is possible that the change in leadership of the course may mean a partial realization of that desire. Professor Perry has refused to make any statement with regard to his plans. That he will find himself obliged to give up all his courses except English 41 seems likely...
...example, as well as influence, endeavor to check it, and that both they and the men will reflect, that we can have little hope of the blessings of Heaven on our arms if we insult it by our impiety and folly. Added to this, it is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man of sense and character detests and despises...
...National Foreign Trade Council, which will meet there under the chairmanship of President James Augustine Farrell of the U. S. Steel Corporation April 28-30. The businessmen of Charleston will display their harbor and shipping facilities, their stores and shops and factories. They realize that this visitation will mean much to Charleston as an exporting city. In 1901-02 they tried to stimulate foreign trade through the port by holding the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition. That was a financial loss, which the Federal Government made good by appropriating $160,000. The coming convention is far less pretentious...
...Secretary of State. There was some confusion as to just what action would be required to join the Court. All the nations now adhering to the Court must approve the U. S. reservations before U. S. adherence is accepted. They are expected to do so, but one objection would mean new difficulties. State Department officials expected the U. S. to be admitted within a few months. A copy of the acceptance will be sent to the Secretariat of the League of Nations, and perhaps also to each of the 48 nations adhering to the Court...
...only at the end of 15 or 20 years, and worth, at a small college, perhaps $3000, at a medium-sized one $3700 and at the largest $6000. The gains of a deanship are slightly higher. Whereas professors average $3111 and instructors $1588, deans in 44 institutions receive a mean...