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Word: minority (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...many of us the Student Council's proposal to abolish all minor and junior varsity sports came as a severe shock. Having worked hard to become sufficiently proficient in a minor or junior varsity sport to represent the fair name of Harvard, and then to find this sport abolished over night is more than a blow. Placed on a House basis, such sports as Cross Country, Lacrosse, Fencing, 150 lb. Crew, Rugby, and Soccer would greatly decrease in proficiency...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 4/25/1939 | See Source »

According to David Landman, Editor of the Brown Daily Herald, "tutoring is a minor matter on the Brown campus. Although it may be a long established practice, it seems to be decreasing in importance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Eastern Colleges Face No Tutoring School Problem | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

Actually left in the League are none but France and Britain (and some of their proteges), Russia and small fry nations: the Scandinavian countries, 13 minor European countries, ten Latin American countries, Liberia, Turkey, the unconquered tag-end of China, the defunct Republic of Spain, and the late Kingdom of Ethiopia (as represented by Haile Selassie). This League of leftovers represents only one of Europe's two clattering armed camps, and no altercation was ever settled by having only one side sit down and talk things over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE: Eez an Illusion | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...well-written story of minor moment, laid at Harvard and in Mexico (where Wells Lewis has spent the last few summers), They Still Say No concerns the sex life of a Harvard undergraduate. Hero is a tall, dapper, literary innocent named Crane Stewart. Engaged to a cautious girl named Julia, Crane harkens to the lusty bad advice of his pal Jeff, frightens Julia away in a blundering attempt at seduction. At a Park Avenue party, with a girl who is willing, luck is again against him. That summer he goes to Mexico to visit his uncle, falls in love with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Much Ado About Adolescence | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

Howard P. Mendel '40, captain-elect of the soccer team, was decidedly opposed to the Council's plan and suggested a possible solution would be to raise all minor sports on the same status with the majors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Team Captains of Major, Minor Sports Join to Condemn Student Council Plan | 4/22/1939 | See Source »

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