Word: perfected
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ready translation, "of a community of learned men hidden in the mountain fastnesses. Their abode, perched on one of the lofty peaks in the snow-clad Andes, is almost inaccessible to hostile philistines. There, amidst the glorious inspiration of rugged mountains and tropical valleys, they ply their brains in perfect isolation, their climate equable for work, their minds bent on the sole task of learning and teaching. Parents from all parts of the Empire, from Lake Titicaca on one hand to Gar-liccodor in the South, at great sacrifice and expense send their children to this fortress of wisdom...
With "Three Live Ghosts" this week, the St. James renews its tradition of bringing popular successes to Boston. Here is a bubbling comedy that belies from start to finish the "Peace, Perfect Peace" of the "motto" conspicuous over Mrs. Gubbins' humble doorway. Spirits, real and figurative, flit in and out; the souls of the departed are invoked as the curtain rises, and they answer the call in full person, to the discomfiture of the mediums and the three-act merriment of the audience. The comic situation is quickly and simply woven, exposition coming in each case just enough ahead...
...endurance, speed, and stick-work the Canadians were superior, but in team-work and good defensive play Coach Claflin's men clearly had the edge. The whirlwind Canadian attack seldom was able to penetrate the Crimson forward line, checking back in perfect order in front of the advancing skaters. When the Canadians did break through the primary University defense, their volly of shots met a stonewall in Higgins at goal. In the first period the University net-protector made several fine stops and out of some twenty shots allowed only...
...profitably changed. If anything is to be accomplished, there must first be a real recognition of the need of improvement, both on the part of the student and of the faculty. This can only be accomplished by constant discussion and consideration. Obviously those who have the power to perfect the suggested alterations must be satisfactorily convinced that change is necessary. And that conviction must be brought about by those who feel the need of improvement...
Word has been received from John Heisman, coach of the University of Pennsylvania football team, to the effect that the Committee on Rules and Constitution, of which the Red and Blue mentor is chairman, has been working for almost a year to perfect plans for the organization. The other members of the committee are Dr. Wilce and Major Charles D. Daly, head coach of the West Point eleven...