Word: rankness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...West; the president of one of these recently expressed the hope that during his administration he would be able to remove from the curriculum of the knowledge shop whose destinies he directs, every course which does not have practical value. Extreme courtesy might and might not permit one to rank his graduates as mediocre. Perhaps it was with such uncouth educational policies in mind that the writer added the charge of vulgarity to that of mediocrity...
...great spirit in the campaigning, for the Mitchell issue overtopped all others. On the last day of the Convention the struggle was decided in a single ballot. John R. McQuigg of East Cleveland, Ohio, 59, whitehaired, banker and lawyer, former engineer in the A. E. F. (with rank of Brigadier General) was elected. His vote was more than twice that of his competitors. His attitude on the Mitchell question may be gathered from his statement: "The American Legion has not and will not commit itself as a body to the support of Colonel Mitchell or his theories...
...Authors. Joseph P. Marquand fellow-townsman of Lord Timothy Dexter, took rank in U. S. letters with Black Cargo, a well-told tale of the slave trade. His present work, eked from scanty material, suffers slightly from padding but maintains a sardonic flavor well suited to the subject...
Students Listed by Social Rank...
...Faculty records from 1725 to 1752, in longhand, give an interesting list of the Freshmen in 1734 as 'placed' by the Faculty in the order of their parents' social rank. A volume containing photographic similies of documents relating to the facts of John Harvard's life includes that of the marriage of John Harvard and Anne Sadler of Ringmer, April 19, 1636. The record is taken from the Parish Register, South Malling...