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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been extremely apt in his choice of similes and metaphors to clarify the technical language of physics which necessarily permeate such a volume. The ordinary reader, therefore, begins to see the glimmer of the movements of mentality traced by Professor White-head from the seventeenth century to the present time, even though be falls to follow much of the reasoning that lies beneath unfamiliar terminology. And although it requires a deep study, despite the fact that the work is for beginners, to to grasp the full meaning, nevertheless the treatment of scientific ideas in scientific terms is more...
Themes such as death and the beginning of life give Mr. Powys occasion for no mean bit of modern metaphysics. A few of the titles. "The Withered Leaf and the Green" and "The Corpse and the Flea" suggest very much John Donne. At the same time this present-day Aesop keeps his faith with Donne in little thrusts of realism that actually make the reader shudder. All this, as said before, is quite smart: and yet almost as everyday as the "Farmer's Almanac...
Harding to be Present...
Coach Arnold Horween '20, has come on from Chicago to be present at this festival, and it is possible that at some time during the evening he will announce his list of assistant coaches for next year. In addition, V. M. Harding '31, who has just been released from Stillman Infirmary, will be present. After the banquet, he will leave for Arizona where he will recuperate till next September...
...novel feature of the new Dartmouth indoor hockey rink, under construction at the present time, is the lettering "Dartmouth College" on the roof, to be a lofty guide for aeroplanes. The letters are to be about 20 feet in height and to extend the whole length of the building...