Word: offered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When her father, famed States man Tang Shao-yi, sent her to college in the U. S. she naturally chose Barnard. There, in Manhattan, the vastly rich young girl could both study and taste very nearly all the U. S. has to offer-except "scenery." (She traveled during vacations. She saw.) At an age when Smith and Wellesley girls are translucent she was as opaque and baffling to a diplomat as to a dowager...
...Durham, N. C.), has an enviable climate and the true quiet of academe. A combination of these assets has already enabled Duke to take from Harvard that pre-eminent psychologist, Dr. William McDougall. Dr. McDougall said he had been happy at Harvard but could not resist Duke's offer. Many another famed professor is happy where he is, but boards of trustees are watching nervously to see who next will be unable to resist the prospect of Ducal paradise...
...Almon Abbott of famed Lawrenceville (N. J.) School, was reported by President John Nixon of the Board of Trustees, to have resigned. The Rev. Mr. Nixon assigned as cause Dr. Abbott's disapproval of a four-year-old policy of medical supervision. He also mentioned "a very flattering offer . . . made Dr. Abbott by another school with strong financial backing." Dr. Abbott only said: "I love this place. ... I dare say nothing. I have no money." There was an air of mystery...
...work of the starting forward line tamped it as distinctly superior to the second-string trio, and also to any combination Yale had to offer. Zarakov's two goals were both gems; Scott's all-around play ranked him with Noble as the outstanding player on the ice; Tudor failed to score, but threatened often. The second line played true to form, failing to produce any goals, but checking the Yale attack well. When this trio was on the ice the game often slowed up and several minutes passed with little action...
...Roman Temples". Augustus found Rome of brick and left it of marble, and much of his building activity was devoted to carving shrines to the gods. Contrasted with the pure spirituality of the Greek temples, the religious structures seem the product of a more decadent age, but nevertheless, they offer to the eye and mind of a sympathetic student a subject worthy of some little attention...