Word: merriam
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bruises-both physical and mental-after that annual Senior-Faculty softball tussle. Mr. Bingham reports he has cross-classified the results and finds the Seniors won by three standard deviations and six medians-which just goes to show you how confusing such as this can be. R. S. Merriam didn't seem to meet with any universal approval as an umpire,-although he figured out the "break-even" point of every play. Out in the field Messrs. Livesey and Barloon (despite his besmirched trousers) played stellar games notwithstanding obvious myopia...
...runner-up of the unit's squash racquets tournament. Major J. L. Rosengard, commander of the unit, presented, in behalf of Colonel John K. Howard, a silver cup to the winner, Pfc. David G. Freeman, and a travelling bag to runner-up Pfc. Philip H. Henneman. Major Bernard A. Merriam, commander of ASTP Company B at Harvard, reviewed the unit...
Charles E. Merriam, professor of political science, University of Chicago...
...time telephoning or greeting callers who came in unannounced. At 4, he was at the Los Angeles Athletic Club amidst a milling crowd of some 200 in the low-ceilinged assembly room. They were leaders in local affairs from such poles apart as reactionary old ex-Governor Merriam and liberal New Dealing John Anson Ford of the County Board of Supervisors. (One well-meaning lawyer whispered to Willkie not to shake hands with Ford: "He's a radical." Willkie and Ford shook nevertheless...
Wihtout further incident the hike ended with a 100-yard dash to Leverett House, Major Merriam leading...