Word: periodicity
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reason for the increase is obvious, Dr. Guthrie believes: "As the span of life increases, more people reach the senile period . . . The incidence of illness increases anyway with the aging process, and mental illness is one of them." Another factor is the growth of cities. "City dwellers can't tolerate little aberrations [among members of their families] as well as country people." City life, too, is more complicated for the mentally ill. (A Guthrie example: "A shepherd in Wyoming might be as schizophrenic as can be. He wouldn't last five minutes in Times Square...
Letters & Goal Posts. When Yale forged ahead in the second quarter, 7-6, Harvard's mannerly rooters sat subdued until the final period. Then their team, which had been either very good or very bad all season, got its dander up. Two Harvard touchdowns made the score 20-7. Just before the gun, a wave of substitutes ran in (a Harvard man does not get his letter unless he plays against Yale-and one play is enough). As the tide turned toward Harvard, some of the students went native, shot up crimson flares that looped across to the Yale...
...members of the debating club are given a chance to compete in regular Tuesday evening debates. Each of these debates lasts half an hour, followed by a half hour question period, and their results determine the teams to take on other colleges and freshmen from other schools. The Council has scheduled a debate with Andover for December...
Following a conference with Student Council members, Dean Bender also announced that he had accepted the entire Council resolution of last Tuesday and he indicated that the Council recommendations would guide future student-administration relations, at least for a trial period...
John Costi of Williams scored the deciding goal in the 35th second of a "sudden death" period. The match, an unusually freescoring contest, which was played at the Squadron A Armory on 94th st, and Madison ave., inaugurated this year's indoor season...