Word: rankness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...memory of his son, Lee Wade 11 '14; and is awarded as the first prize in the evening's contests. The first Boylston prize is awarded to the contestant next in merit. In addition, two other Boylston Prizes are awarded to those, who in the opinion of the judges, rank third and fourth...
Detur prizes are given in the form of books a number of which belong in the first rank of literature: and others dealing with the letters, lives, and writings of famous Harvard men. They are chosen for students with special thought expended towards presenting the recipient with a book of interest to him, or which deal with his field or Concentration...
Hence geology in college is a cultural study of the first rank. From the opening lecture of the elementary course to the end of the most advanced course for professionals, the student must exercise his imaginative muscles. He must think in terms of huge masses, largely or wholly invisible; of gigantic forces at work; of the flow of time, measured in millions of years; of a time scale affecting the whole basis of his philosophy. Geology is a leader among those college studies, which automatically build up the imaginative faculty. This science has long been prominent in Harvard College...
...Critics Rank Him High...
...Young studied medicine at the University of Birmingham. When he had taken his degree he took a position as ship's doctor in order to see the world. At the outbreak of the war he obtained a commission in the medical service, was speedily promoted to the rank of Major, and saw service in South and East Africa, where his experience formed the basis for many of his stories...