Word: rank
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...honorary fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, member of the American Chemical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Imperial Academy of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma XI, and Alpha Chi Sigma, came last night the French Legion of Honor--and not only that, but the rank of Commander as well...
...presidency of Harvard University is, as it has sometimes been called, the most important post in America, the deanship of the Harvard Law School has achieved a secondary rank all its own. A long list of distinguished jurists have occupied it. While the school faces able rivals today, it assumed the leadership of legal education under Dean Langdell and its contribution to the progress of the nation's law in every field, public and private, continues high...
...national gallery of art in the capital. Your proposed gift does more than furnish what you call a 'nucleus' because I am confident that the collections you have been making are of the first importance and will place the nation well up in the first rank...
...question mark in the future for Joe Stubbs and George Ford is McGill. Montreal and Queens may be tough, but McGill will be tougher, and undoubtedly some undergraduates will follow the team to Montreal on Washington's Birthday for what should rank with the 5-4 Toronto victory as the top game of the Harvard season...
...good team alone does not make a major sport; neither do age and prestige help much. The demand by undergraduates and the public for basketball is requisite for such an accomplishment. At Lchigh wrestling has the rank of a major both because of its outstanding teams and the popularity of the sport with the college; at Penn State, boxing, for the same reasons. To achieve the class of a major, basketball must be popularized. This should place no further strain on the H.A.A.: in fact, the increased attendance which should result from a good team and the spontaneous music...