Word: portion
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...master's degree, at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, England. He came to Massachusetts in 1637, and almost immediately donated his library and half of his estate to the college which had been established by order of the General Court. Shortly afterwards the colony failed to do even a portion of what it had promised, and the burden of responsibility fell almost wholly on John Harvard. The institution was named Harvard College...
...Georgia on Broadway" furnished the quaint southern touch of the evening, Gallagher and Shean supplied the light banter act, and Ivan Bankoff the dancing. Paul Decker in the sketch "I Heard--!", managed to "get across" very well. Any presentation dealing with gossip is sure to interest a certain large portion of the audience, at least. Madelon and Paula Miller gave a good exhibition of youthful talent. They are better-looking than might be expected, and sing and dance well. The impersonation act was in the hands of Miss Venita Gould, who did fairly well as Lenore Ulric and several others...
...College Office announces that all men wishing to borrow money from that portion of the Loan Fund of which Mr. John Lowell is Treasurer should apply not later than December 1. Applications must be made in writing according to instructions which may be obtained at 4 University Hall. All applications should be presented at 4 University Hall...
...line through which a major portion of the Princeton gains went Saturday. Secondly he must bring more smoothness and coordination into the backfield. There is plenty of power there, but twice in the Tiger battle a mix-up in the signals proved very costly to the Crimson. In the third place the University men must be in first-class physical condition for the Yale contest...
...preparations for war through mutual understanding and through world reduction and limitation of armaments and that we do hereby urge upon all delegates that their efforts shall not cease until some solution be found whereby the possibility of war may be minimized and whereby at least a considerable portion of the vast amount of energy and money expended by the nations for armament may be released for the development rather than the destruction of civilization and the human race...