Word: older
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This has not always been so. At least an older brother (1912) who dined with me once at the Freshman Halls declared that the fare had deteriorated greatly since his time, and I have no reason to doubt his word. The trouble seems to be principally with the sort of cooks the authorities have obtained, and I see no reason why the University cannot secure the services of cooks as good as the restaurants have. Richard Baltzly...
...children of families connected with the University, if accompanied by an older person, are invited to be present at the afternoon service. Children of families who worship at the chapel have been requested to bring toys or gifts of any sort to the carol services. These gifts will be distributed by the nurses of the Cambridge Visiting Nurses' Home...
...believe it is an exaggeration to say that most of the older graduates, especially those who concentrated in the humanities when they were here, frown upon the rise of the Harvard Business School as decidedly detrimental to the more cultural if less practical studies in the University...
...state of the material condition of the fleet is now not satisfactory. Although the available funds for the present fiscal year remain about the same as for last year, retrogression is apparent because the ships are older and the maintenance costs are increasing accordingly...
...older battleships must be modernized if the reliance on them as ships of the first line of battle is to continue and our ratio of naval strength is to be maintained...