Word: origins
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...principal points made in the remaining articles of the Treaty: "Nationals of Bulgaria or of the U. S. are not to lose their nationality by naturalization in time of war; naturalized persons returning to their country of origin are not to be punished for the initial act of emigration, nor for the failure to answer calls for military service accruing after bonafide residence was established in the country of naturalization ; naturalized persons returning to their country of origin with intent not to return to that in which they were naturalized are to be considered to have renounced their naturalization...
...latest decree of the Soviet Government of Russia, Which eliminates nearly one hundred thousand students of non-proletarian origin from high schools and colleges, seems to be an unfortunate continuation of the Communist policy of destroying the bourgeois class. In aiming to provide educational facilities for students in the lower walks of life, the Soviet authorities are working with a beneficent intent, but in persisting in elevating one class at the expense of another, their wisdom is more than doubtful. The Communists have apparently discovered, however, that one of the best ways to keep opponents out of power...
...scientists representing different branches, contributed to a symposium on recent researches in the origin of man. The upshot of it was that man's nearest living relative is the gorilla, though man is not directly descended from him. Dr. Frederick Tilney, the neurologist, comparing cross-sections of the brains of apes and monkeys, showed that the size and complexity of the brain is directly proportioned to its ability to use its hands for handling objects, rather than for locomotion. The gorilla has retrograded in some respects. Once it was an arboreal ape, and walked nearly erect. But its increasing weight...
...ebullient chapter on the British lecturer in America, Mr. Hamilton tries to trace the origin of the myth that authors are also necessarily speakers-"but for the good natured curiosity of American audiences to see British authors in the flesh, I doubt whether a single one of us would have ventured ever to get on his hind legs and stumble through a speech...
...poem gives this legend in simple and unimpressive language. Somehow the note or afterword following the piece is far more interesting and sound than the poem itself. This gives the origin and what history is known concerning the legend. Taken all in all the poem is rather unconvincing but the interest in the legend is enough to make the work worth reading...