Word: profs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...contrast with the serious trend of the majority of the publications is a collection of familiar essays, called "Getting a Laugh." The essays are by Prof. Grandgent '83 who makes them have a delightfully whimsical and humorous touch...
From a scholastic point of view, one of the most important books is one by Prof. C. H. Haskins A.M. '08, "Studies in the History of Mediaeval Science." This volume consists of four parts, the first treating on the science of the Arabs, the second on the science of the Greeks during the twelfth century, the third on the science of the Sicilian court of Frederick II, and "finally a group of miscellaneous scientific interests." The material has been collected entirely from manuscripts, and the book opens up a new field of historical research...
Another book about history is Prof. R. H. Lord's '06, on the "Origin of the War of 1870." This book presents for the first time material gathered from the archives of the German Foreign Office...
...stating that it is not merely an institution which exists in Boston, but an institution which exists for Boston?announced a fortnight ago a comprehensive group of law courses for the police officers of all cities and towns of Greater Boston. Under the direction of Dean Homer Albers and Prof. Melvin M. Johnson, these courses will be given by Charles Willock, Assistant Clerk of the Municipal Criminal Court of Boston; A. C. Webber, former Assistant District Attorney of Suffolk County; Capt. Louis Lutz, Drillmaster of the Boston police force...
...Died. Prof. Allan Marquand, 70, famed archeologist; in Manhattan. To artistic scholarship he gave his person and his purse, organizing the art department of Princeton University, which department he headed for 45 years. His private art library, said to be the finest in the country, he gave to the University...