Word: originate
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Another curious phenomenon which Uncle Earnest pointed out was the differences of attitude among anthropologists according to nationality. "While there is, of course, no unanimity of opinion as to man's origin among the German students, it is worthy of note that the prevalent and perhaps predominant sentiment of Ger man anthropologists is and has been for a number of decades decidedly pro-ape. . . . If the Germans are on the side of the apes, the English have arrayed themselves almost solidly on the side of the angels. Thus the opinion of Sir Arthur Keith and Le Gros Clark separates...
...exceedingly rare thing in the sky; the solar system may be unique among the billions of stars which constitute the Milky Way galaxy. To Sir James it is a simple matter of mathematical probability. He has done much to propagate the "tidal theory" of the solar system's origin which is probably more widely accepted among astronomers than any other. In this view, some 2,000,000,000 years ago, a wandering star happened to swing close to the sun, from which by its gravitational pull it drew out a long filament of hot matter which subsequently broke...
...Wade Prize was founded in memory of Lee Wade, 2d '14, while the Boylston prizes are of older origin, being founded in 1817 in honor of Nicholas Boylston by Ward Nicholas Boylston...
...dates and themes of the single lectures are: March 17, the antique origin and the literary aspect of the idyl, the pastoral and the elegy, and mediaeval relics; March 24, the idyl and elegy in early European music before 1600, and Christmas pastorals; March 31, madrigals, opera, cantata and instrumental music of the 16th and 17th centuries; April 14, Bach, Handel, Ramcau, Gluek, Haydn, Mozart; April 21, the romantic and impressionistic aspects of landscape painting in music...
...both cities have been notably lukewarm, and a general impression of too much saccharine seems to have been received. It now remains for Cambridge to hear it in Sanders Theatre tomorrow evening and to add its own judgment. The Concerto aroused considerable comment abroad, partly because of its romantic origin and partly as a result of the controversial nature of the work itself which is a product of a leading light in the Schonbergian school. Also on the program are Mozart's Symphony in A major (K. No. 2 01) and Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scherazade...