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...easy. This is fairly obvious. Others, including Geography 31, are "snaps" because they are too difficult. This paradox resolves when it is understood that the examination questions (in, e.g. geography) are too complex to be answered by anyone short of a Van Loon. The professor, gazing sympathetically from his Olympia, recognizes this by giving generously...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: READING KNOWLEDGE OF CHINESE NOT REQUIRED | 2/8/1939 | See Source »

...Olympia, Wash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 14, 1938 | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Thus, in San Francisco's Grace Episcopal Cathedral one day last week, did Bishop Arthur Huston of Olympia read the Epistle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Block to California | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

...last ray of daylight began to fade, Golfer Ferebee limped up to the final green, sank his putt for a 5 and a last-round 89. He had taken 687 strokes (90, 82, 82, 82, 87, 87, 88, 89) for the 144 holes, had covered each of Olympia's four courses twice (a tee-to-green distance of 29 miles) in 13 hr. 32 min. "Well, anyway, my golf's got volume, if not quality," panted Ferebee, as he peeled off $100 to pay the ten caddies he had used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stroke a Minute | 8/15/1938 | See Source »

Next day, as all La Salle Street speculated whether he would ever get Tuerk's share of the 290-acre farm (the title is in Mrs. Tuerk's name), Golfer Ferebee was back at the Olympia Fields course, playing his regular Saturday afternoon foursome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stroke a Minute | 8/15/1938 | See Source »

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