Word: rid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...material covered. Next year, however, Music 3 (history) and Music 4 (appreciation) are being combined into Music 1 to be called "a general survey course" and will include both of the above fields. Requirements will be much stiffer here than in the past, the Department being auxicus to rid itself of the onus of giving the last "snap" course in the College. This should lay a complete foundation for an adequate coverage of the field...
...present position, Mr. Wallace finds himself in a strange paradox. Whereas in 1926 he completed a system of inbreeding corn in such a way that the annual production of the country was increased, he is now engaged in the seemingly hopeless task of getting rid of a huge surplus. His ideas on the subject, expressed in his recent publication, "America Must Choose," relate the surplus question to the tariff. As his solution of the problem, Mr. Wallace advocates a "middle course" of reciprocal trade agreements...
...Unperturbed, the tall, grave physician proceeded to point out that up to 1932 some 1,000 West Virginia children died of flux (contagious diarrhea), 250 citizens of typhoid fever every year, that at the rate of decrease which has accompanied the Relief privy program West Virginia would be entirely rid of those diseases within five years...
...Porto Rican independence, the Administration once again gives startling evidence of its "good neighbor" attitude towards Latin America. This latest move is particularly astute since it gains sentimental prestige as the generous act of a great nation towards an aspiring little one; and at the same time it may rid us of the last and most harrassing of the Caribbean hornets...
...program of "The Veterans of Future Wars," organized at Princeton to get a bonus for the youth of the country. The economic aspect of the plan came in for particular praise. No one could deny that the granting of the bonus would aid Mr. Hopkins to get rid of that embarrassing "wad" he is trying to dispose of, and as young 'uns are notoriously good spenders, the effect on the depression would be incalculable. As for the justice of the demands, the organization's statement that "the most deserving bloc of veterans has always been killed...