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Word: oxfords (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...once in our plan. We would appreciate it if you would avoid the use of this word, since it is likely to be misunderstood. "An accurate description of the new Johns Hopkins plan might liken it to the Rhodes foundation for U. S. students, with Johns Hopkins substituted for Oxford University, chemistry specified as the special subject for study, and U. S. Industry in the position of founder. From each of the 48 states, one chemistry student will be chosen annually to go to Johns Hopkins, to study mathematics, physics, English and chemistry (inorganic, organic, physical, analytical) under Professor Neil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Selection of Fittest | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

...also received a D.Litt. from Oxford and Doctor of Political Science at Leiden and the University of Paris...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOWELL FORCED TO REFUSE EDINBURGH'S DEGREE OFFER | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

Under the terms of the Charles Dexter Scholarships seven students of English Literature, several of them instructors in the Department of English will be enabled to study and travel in England during the summer of 1929. They will visit Oxford and Cambridge Universities while there. The winners of these scholarships are: Warner G. Rice, Ph.D. '27. Instructor in English: Lawrence S. Wright, University of California '24, Instructor in English: Marston S. Balch, A.M. '25: Robert J. Allen, A.M. '28: Mark W. Eccles A.M. '28: Hyman T. Silverstein A.M. '27; Claude M. Newlin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWENTY GRANTS OF FELLOWSHIPS MADE | 5/7/1929 | See Source »

Married. Rufus T. Bush of Manhattan, Oxford undergraduate, only son of Founder-President Irving T. Bush of Bush Terminal Co.; and Joan Price Jeffery, Manhattan socialite; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: May 6, 1929 | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

...studies will be under the direction of Senor de Madariaga of Oxford University and will include courses in the Institute of International Relations as well as at the Zimmern School of International Studies. The scholarship will enable Ruggles to remain in Geneva from July 15 to September 7, after the opening of the Assembly of the League of Nations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP FOR SUMMER STUDY AT GENEVA | 5/3/1929 | See Source »

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