Word: naming
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...many know even the location of the Washington Elm, of Oliver Wendell Holmes birthplace, of Wadsworth House, of Longfellow's old home? How many realize that there is a sacred significance in the name that has been degraded to "Mem" or that the title "Soldiers Field" was intended to be more than a mere designation of Harvard's athletic grounds...
...this continent that it appears more than probable that, with sufficient energy and able leadership, the legislature of Massachusetts will be prevailed upon to act favorably on a petition of this character from the many schools and colleges of the state, and by so acting, place once again the name of Massachusetts high upon the honor-roll of those whose loyalty and larger vision has made the Union great. BRENT DOW ALLINSON '17 President, International Polity Club...
Likewise the acting varies, but Miss Tempest raises each of her scenes to sparkling high-comedy, strengthening every moment her position as one of our chiefest comediennes. "A Lady's Name" is hardly valuable for its story. In an effort to obtain "copy" for her novels although possessing a surly finance, advertises for a husband. Her most promising material appears in a sleek, oily gentleman's gentleman. So pleased is she with his novelizing possibilities that she invites herself to tea at his place of service. A bored gentleman, who comes in fun and stays at the lady's feet...
...Someone who has remembered the Dreyfus case and Zola's 'J'accuse' philippic has organized a society of Democrats under the name of 'Approving Americans.' The slogan of the society is 'We approve!' We suppose their list of approbations will include the following...
...Nelson Prize is for $200 and will be awarded for the best paper on the practice or the theory of plumbing. The completed theses must be in the hands of the committee in charge by April 1, 1917. Each entrant, however, should send his name, qualifications and the subject of the proposed paper to Professor George C. Whipple, of the Sanitary Engineering Department, by next Wednesday...