Word: orangs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...equally interested," Dr. Gesell continued, "in the pouting of the European child, of Kafir, Fingo, Malay, Abyssinian, Orang and Chimpanzee. [He found] that discontented primates protrude their lips to an extraordinary degree, Europeans to a lesser degree, but that among young children lip protrusion is characteristic of sulkiness throughout the greater part of the world. . . . The study of emotional expression strengthened the conclusion that man is derived from some lower animal form...
...figure in the educational world. The grievous mistake of a group of serenaders who had the brass to parade before said headquarters singing "There's no wolf around my door" has been brought to light with startling vividness with the announcement that there are now three Wolffs and an orang outang to assist delinquent students over the scholastic bumps. Whether the latest addition to Clan Wolff will be tutored by his playmate Peter or whether he will cast aside the paternal yoke and resort to the tutoring note method of self-erudition has not yet been disclosed...
...defeat of Rip Van Winkle by heavyweight Henry Lloyd, the Varsity boxers defeated Princeton 7 to 1 Saturday night at Princeton. Aided by Tiger defaults in the 135, 155, and 175 pound classes the mitmen outclassed the Orang and Black representatives, scoring two technical knockouts and losing only one bout. Chatfield, in the 125's and Jim Kostarelos in the 135's took the first two bouts with technical knockouts and Captain Pete Olney took the 165 pound class to give the Crimson the decision. Dwight Ellis lost a close bout to Foedish...
...Kero, fell ill of a cold, recovered, as did two chimpanzees, Teddy and Jo-Jo. These episodes were reported far & wide, but nowhere did a U. S. writer wax so eloquent as did Colyumist "Doc" Adams of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin upon the death last month of a goitrous orang-outang named Jennie. Colyumist Adams wrote the following elegy...
...plain Orang-Outang And if others didn't like...