Word: originally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Origin and History of English Language", Professor Kitiredge, Sever...
Died. Sir Horace Darwin, 77, English scientist, son of the famed Charles Darwin (the Origin of species); in Cambridge, England. Died. Baron Jean de Neuflize, 78, dean of the Regents of the Bank of France...
...propose the fig leaf as your emblem, gentlemen! Honor it as the origin of your great Merchant Tailors' Federation. When the Garden of Eden crisis occurred, Eve took the only available fig leaf, and Adam had to clothe himself in heavy skins...
...true member of an institution-whether it be the family, church, state, party, or college-one must know its origin, history, traditions, and aims. With the growth of Harvard College, a large number of students whose fathers are not Harvard men, and the passing on of older generations, an increasing need has been felt for some effective way of making the history and traditions of the College better known to the incoming students. This need has been met for the first time this year by the apearance of a small booklet on "The History and Traditions of Harvard College" edited...
...turned to restricted outside activity, concentrated on one or at most two lines of endeavor. The activities themselves have benefited by a purge of triflers, and in managership competitions of the socially ambitions. The belief has gained strength that the by-products of study, mysterious as they are in origin, are worth more than the uncertain experience of undergraduate activity. The sacred practise of deliberately "making contacts" has gone under the hammer. It is perhaps unnecessary to add that at Harvard the Big Man in His Class has died, and that there have been no heirs...