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Word: proportionate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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In fact, the tendency of the professor might be deemed more toward religion in general and Christianity in particular than that of the student. No small proportion of the faculty of Harvard lectures in Appleton Chapel, and undoubtedly there is a greater proportion of the faculty in attendance at the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MORAL MORASS | 4/7/1928 | See Source »

Whether spring practice is to make football more a hectic, gruelling business or more of a normal game played primarily for the pleasure in playing it depends largely on the spirit in which the spring season is undertaken and the ends it is intended to serve. In some colleges spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPRING FOOTBALL | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

The people of Scandinavia, in spite of their small numbers and their unfavorable location, have played a part in history quite out of proportion to their numerical rank. Twice they have, indeed, been the leaders of Europe. The first time was in 1630, when Gustavus Adolfus placed Sweden on a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIONS OF THE NORTH | 3/16/1928 | See Source »

In order to alleviate the situation in her secondary school it seems that England must employ new methods for awarding scholarships in the transition of her educational hierarchy. Character and general merit might at least be taken into consideration as regards a proportion of the students, while the joint authorities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHOLASTIC INDIGESTION | 3/13/1928 | See Source »

Carter Glass, who succeeded Mr. McAdoo in the Wilson Cabinet, would loom in a proportion exactly inverse to his physical stature, which is today the smallest in the Senate. A proudly independent Virginian, he has commanded nationwide respect ever since the day in 1912 when, after 10 years in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Inventory | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

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