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Word: minor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Elliott has been connected with railroading in the West since he was graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School in 1881. Like nearly every present-day railroad man of note, he has filled numerous positions, varying in responsibility from minor clerkships to that which he now holds as president of one of the most progressive railroads of the country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LECTURE BY H. ELLIOTT '81 | 2/23/1910 | See Source »

Next most notable are the two contributions of Mr. C. P. Aiken. Both the poem and the prose tale show considerable originality in conception and skill in the minor points of technique; neither quite carries conviction. The story leaves one a little in doubt as to whether it is an allegory or a hold-up; and the theme of the poem is such that at best it could give opportunity for little more than ingenious fancy. Here, as in much of his writing, Mr. Aiken suffers from a tendency to get too remote from actuality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Criticism of Current Advocate | 2/17/1910 | See Source »

Pianoforte.--Balladen, op. 10, D minor and D major. Walzer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fourth Whiting Concert Tonight | 2/15/1910 | See Source »

Pianoforte.--Rhapsodie, P minor. Intermezzi, E major, C major. Rhapsodie, E-flat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fourth Whiting Concert Tonight | 2/15/1910 | See Source »

Saturday the University swimming team was subjected to humiliating defeat by the University of Pennsylvania, scoring only 9 points to 44. It is true that swimming is a minor sport, but it is certainly no credit to a great University to have any of its teams, no matter how unimportant, so completely outclass,--to which fact the fate of basketball bears abundant testimony. Such a defeat is particularly provoking when, as in this case, it is directly traceable to three simple causes:--men on probation, the two-period rule, and the lack of a swimming tank. The first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SWIMMING MEET AGAIN. | 2/14/1910 | See Source »

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