Word: peculiare
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...historians, or as hobbyists. But that reason for concentrating in history which is common to all of its concentrators is the mental training derived from its study. Such training it is true, is not the exclusive property of the Department of History. Yet the study of history gives peculiar opportunity for learning to deal with complicated sets of real forces and events. In the case of History at Harvard College, this training is enhanced by the relatively high standards of study, the nature of the material studied, and the generally good quality of instruction and tutelage...
While art is subordinated to the shy mocking burlesque peculiar to the puppet, color schemes and settings by Bruno Angoletta are forceful and direct. The leading puppets preserve the illusion of being life size while the "business" in the show is carried on by "minor puppets" carved by peasants of the wood-carving school of Val Gardena, Alps...
...them Harvard, from taking the examinations to practice medicine in this State. Under this new ruling only three of the hundred or so applicants will be allowed to take the annual March examination, and these three men are graduates of a small college in Missouri. The reason for this peculiar state of affairs is that the law requires candidates to complete a four-year course of thirty-six weeks each year in an approved medical school, and that the Attorney General now holds that the thirty-six weeks must be weeks of instruction, and that vacation periods during the school...
Turning to House squash, for a few brief comments on the practically completed season, the one general characteristic that separates itself to stand out in any sort of a comprehensive view is the peculiar combination of indifference and enthusiasm displayed by the teams. There is perhaps one tangible reason for this condition. In the first half year with negligible exception, the teams in the A division were pretty closely bunched. Instead of producing a generally competitive spirit among the House athletes, this served only to produce an attitude of general indifference. It may have been this attitude which enabled...
...raise the necessary $50,000,000 the bonds sold last week had attached to them certain peculiar features. Holders of bonds with serial numbers which turn out to be lucky will receive, during the next five years, prizes totaling $6,500,000 and each year there will be a grand prize of $50,000. Nominally 4½% bonds, they were offered and oversubscribed at 91, thus making them 5% bonds in effect...