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Word: partings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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When it is said that the "branch of the department devoted to design and actual drawing is isolated and disconnected from everything else," can it be that someone is ignorant of the function of Fine Arts 1a (of which Professor Feild was a part last year), or does he choose to disregard it for the purpose of the argument...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 2/18/1939 | See Source »

...Wednesday the team leaves for Saint Marguerite, Quebec, to take part in the four-day Eastern Intercollegiate Championships. Captain Hinton, Harry W. Hollmeyer '40, Karl Porges '41, and Joseph B. Thomas will compete in the slalom and downhill races and Lindley J. Burton '42, Alfred W. Elpper '42, Captain Hinton, and Richard F. Whittemore '40 are entered in the cross country and jumping...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Team Will Compete in Championship Tournaments | 2/17/1939 | See Source »

...styles of wrestling were entirely different," Pat remarked. "The Roman technique was to work on the upper part of the body, while the Japs and Chinese relied more on tricky leg work. The Roman style is that copied by most college teams today. That's where the flying mare, the hiplock and the headlock come from. As to the hold known as the 'Oklahoma Ride', that was originated by the Romans. The boys from out west just appropriated...

Author: By Joseph P. Lyford, | Title: WHAT'S HIS NUMBER ? | 2/16/1939 | See Source »

...Japanese hurricane has leveled to the ground the great national library of Peiping, a vital part of the educational equipment of the North China universities. But Chinese scholars, who have been blown to Kumming in the South, have established a new national library. It is a library without books. To fill it, an appeal has been broadcast to the world and to Harvard College. The spirit of unity which binds fellow seekers after knowledge should compel a willing response...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHOLARS WITHOUT BOOKS | 2/15/1939 | See Source »

...Lawrence of Arabia, as well as numerous lesser known military figures. These portraits are much more than more recitals of the chief events in the men's lives. They rather attempt to evaluate the influence of their previous experiences on the events in which these soldiers took a leading part. Captain Hart attempts to pierce the enveloping mist of popular applause and adulation to present the war leaders as they really were. With an almost too brutal frankness are exposed the stupidity of Joffre in failing to provide adequate defenses at Verdun, and the incredible obstinacy of General Pershing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 2/15/1939 | See Source »

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