Word: poore
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...were of the opinion that the University had seriously neglected to bear this important aim of education in mind during the last few years. Speaking for the undergraduates in the college proper, they felt that the calibre of instruction, particularly in the large courses having section-men, was uniformly poor...
...those who want to spend money in saving democracy. Spain is a poor place to do it. Many long and fruitless arguments have been waged as to whether the left-loyalists or right-rebels are less democratic, and the only tenable answer is that both are just about as distant from democracy as possible...
...MacDougall--Clock--excellent organizer. Baxter--good influence--complete lectures on dull material. Forbes--learned--boring lecturer--pleasant to meet--too much. German makes advanced inorganic grim. Jones--helpful--lectures well. Bartlett--Advanced course excellent--lectures in B dull-good advisor. Fieser--lectures best in the department--genial but poor adviser. Jacobs--lectures coordinated but uninteresting--improving--willing laboratory assistant. Helpful younger men--Lundstedt, Swift, Tamblyn, Dunn, Avery, Tuemmler, H. T, nd. R. B. Thompson...
...Coronation, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt took spade in hand, planted two English hawthorns in the Shakespeare Garden of Manhattan's Central Park. Told that a similar spade had once been used to plant a tree there in honor of Edward VIII, the President's mother murmured: "The poor boy. He got into bad hands, didn't he? He was a naughty...
When Lucy and Barkley Cooper summon their grown children to announce that the bank has foreclosed the mortgage on their house, they are sure the children will provide a remedy. The children are less positive. George is trying to put a daughter through college. Cora's husband is poor. Nellie's husband's business is bad. Robert has all he can do to look after himself. The plan they finally work out is for Lucy to live with George while Barkley goes to stay with Cora...