Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Poor Billy Patterson had gone to his reward, whatever it was, without knowing, without anyone knowing to this...
...Huskies and Crusaders both have several good men, but will probably be outclassed by the Crimson. Dartmouth, despite its poor showing in the Quad meet, will be a tougher nut to crack; the Big Green has already won two outdoor meets with Peen and Virginia, and has a decided edge over Harvard in outdoor experience...
...control and modify abnormal behavior, extensive knowledge concerning the bases for temperamental differences is required. Why does one child have a temper tantrum when in the same situation another child remains composed? . . . Why does Miss Jones embarrass her instructor with an hysterical outbreak [on] receiving a poor grade, whereas Miss Smith accepts failure all too philosophically...
...Bishop Schrembs comes of a poor Bavarian family (16 children) which sent him to the U. S. at eleven, at the behest of a U. S. bishop whom he served at Mass. Bishop Schrembs is the hierarchy's ablest hymn-writer, hymn-singer, pianist and organist. His elevation to archbishop, symbolized by a lamb's-wool pallium (resembling a stole) which will be sent him from Rome, does not carry with it a like promotion for his diocese. His title will be : Archbishop Schrembs, Bishop of Cleveland...
...citizen. His life has been such a courtship of opportunity by intelligence as only the Melting Pot is supposed to produce, and in fact it produced him. His family were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania who settled in Boston soon after the Civil War. They were poor but they thirsted for culture, and young Berenson worked himself through Boston University with an eye to a literary career. The beautiful and dashing Mrs. Jack Gardner, then engaged in setting Boston on its ear, discovered his brilliance and helped him get a degree from Harvard ('87). Interested...