Word: modeled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...morocco-bound volumes containing more than 4,500 tribute-letters to Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, written by enthusiastic U. S. school children. Though no prize had been offered, the idea, suggested by the N. E. A., inspired some 40.000 youngsters to send in essays, drawings, illuminated scrolls, a model of the Admiral's City of New York carved in laundry soap. A 6th-grader wrote: "I am happy to have the opportunity to write to the man who explored the South Pole. I have seen the pictures of your adventures in the cold blizzards. ... In those pictures of your...
...Model League of Nations Assembly, whose meetings in Wellesley came to a close Saturday, is as interesting a method for gaining a knowledge of international problems as can be discovered among extra-curricular activities. It has the double advantage over objective study of at once submitting all conclusions to the harsh light of public debate and at the same time providing the possibility of a broad view on all subjects by the presentation of a large variety of arguments...
Registration of delegates at 1 o'clock today will inaugurate the Fourth Annual New England League of Nations Model Assembly. The convention at Wellesley will be a Model Assembly in every sense of the word, imitating the exact procedure of the League in Geneva. Harvard will be well represented, both in the Assembly and on the Honorary Board, of which Professor W. Y. Elliott and Professor C. K. Webster are principal speakers...
Commencing after the luncheon tomorrow the discussion of the problematic United States of Europe will be held in the last session of the Assembly. The closing address will be delivered by Professor Webster, and the Model Assembly will adjourn to discuss prospects for next year...
This Cambridge gambling seems to be patterned on the Harlem model which picks its winner by the Stock Exchange figures for the day. Various applications might be made by others who seek to relieve the tedium of daily duties. Commuters might bet on the time, of arrival of their train, stenographers on the number of letters written during the day, and librarians on the total of books issued. --New York Times...