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Word: numberous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Appearing in the Harry Elkins Widener Room are a number of Bibles, prayer-books, and devotional books executed in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLECTIONS and CRITIQUES | 2/26/1929 | See Source »

...result of this report some 50 Harvard graduates have been permanently black listed and will be unable to secure tickets for Crimson contests through the H. A. A. This number, according to Getchel, is one of the smallest in recent years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BLACKLIST SHOWS LESS SPECULATION IN TICKETS | 2/26/1929 | See Source »

...might have been expected, the Yale game brought about the largest number of permanent disqualifications, 23 men losing their privilege of ever applying for tickets again. Nine men were permanently barred as the result of violations in their use of Dartmouth tickets, while the West Point game added 12 more to this list. Not in all cases have violaters of the ticket code at Harvard been permanently black listed. In some 50 cases other penalties of temporary black listing varying from one to eight years have been meted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BLACKLIST SHOWS LESS SPECULATION IN TICKETS | 2/26/1929 | See Source »

...minor scale as compared with the filling of a hall the size of Gore. The circulation of members of the first year class among the small Yard buildings would parallel the contacts established between McKinlock, Gore, Standish, and Smith Halls. Besides while the Yard would only hold the same number the Freshman Halls accommodate, it would possess the distinction of being a complete unit, those members of other classes who now mingle with the Seniors being excluded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN IN THE YARD | 2/26/1929 | See Source »

...Chicago, recently suggested belladonna plasters for seasickness. As editor of the Educational Review he was mindful of a current propensity among patient pedagogs for elaborate research and profound tabulations. Placing his tongue ever so slightly in his cheek, Dr. McAndrew tabulated his belladonna-plasters-for-seasickness research as follows: Number reporting having used bella donna plasters..............6 Number reporting having escaped from sea sickness..........6 Median.................................................................................................6 Correlation............................................................................Per cent. 100 Number seen by me who said they were wearing 'em...........5 Number of such whom I saw daily unailing..................................5 Average.................................................................................................5 Correlation.............................................................................Per cent. 100 Number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: McAndrew's Cure | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

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