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Word: probationers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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On Friday the annual University Handicap Track Meet will be held on Soldiers Field, with 15 events to be run off to finals during the afternoon. This meet affords the opportunity to former track stars who are now in the graduate schools to compete with some of Coach Farrell's...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANNUAL HANDICAP TRACK MEET TO BE HELD FRIDAY | 5/7/1930 | See Source »

The abuses of cumulative grading are two-fold. A man working to have his probation relieved at April with four B's must actually bring his grade not up to B, but to A in order that he may have a B in the office. In other words the Midyear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEAD WEIGHT | 5/3/1930 | See Source »

Another series of language examinations starts today. It brings to mind one of the most difficult problems of the local educational scene the language requirements. The difficulty arises from the fact that they have not lived up to their avowed purpose. In their attempt to instill a good lingual foundation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TOWER OF BABEL | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

Here are some more bits culled form the same issue of the same newspaper which sponsored those in the first paragraph: Shali's gilded motor car shipped to Persia today. . . Finds honey in rafters. . . Queen Mary's collection of embroidery exhibited. . . Thinks he saw Great Pagoda from flagpole. . . Parrot embargo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALL THAT'S FIT TO PRINT | 4/25/1930 | See Source »

There are two million bricks in the twin smokestacks of the ex-power plant, and each one must receive personal attention before its relations with Harvard University can be severed. A brick is like nothing else in the world. It cannot be suspended, for a well-established precedent rules that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GIVING THE BRICKS A BREAK | 3/25/1930 | See Source »

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