Word: rooted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cambridge, and of Trinity Church in Boston, "created almost single-handed out of a confusion which was actually worse than a mere void the beginnings of a new architecture. . . . In the fenestration of Austin Hall at Harvard (1881), he established the standards of a functionalist architecture." John Wellborn Root and Louis Sullivan, destined to play an important part in the further development of functionalism, were influenced by Richardson in his maturity. Their contributions to architecture are also outlined by the author...
America's too exclusive concentration upon miscellaneous mass training was doubtless the result of a theory of human equality which early took root in the Colonies and found an unfortunately ambiguous expression in the Declaration of independence. But nothing is more certain than the fact that when Thomas Jefferson used the phrase, borrowed from John Locke, "all men are created equal," he had no intention of giving voice to the idea that all men are born with equal capacity for thought, equal gifts for leadership, equal potentiality of personality, equal ability to profit by the pursuit of higher learning...
...Vagabond, hearkening to the past, set about his brewing. The honey stuck up the kitchen a good deal, and the bruised ginger root gave off an aroma that corroborated the statement of the Latin ponies. And there was another difficulty, the directions said to boil the concoction for a half hour stirring the while. The Vagabond had conjured up lovely visions of leaning over a gurgling caldron, much as Merlin might have done. But as the minutes passed failure dwelt hard upon their tracks. No while arose...
...circumstances would break what properly has been termed the obdurate attitude of the Army officials. The CRIMSON favors such refusal by Harvard and is I believe entirely justified. Others would follow her example until a fair eligibility code would be adopted perforce by the Military Academy. George F. Root, 3rd. Princeton...
Died. Marvin Hart, 55, heavyweight boxing champion of the world in 1905; at Ferncreek, Ky. The title was conferred upon him by James J. Jeffries after the latter had retired and Hart had knocked out Jack Root of Chicago. After eight months Hart lost to Tommy Burns in a 20-round fight at Los Angeles. Out of his championship he realized only $10,000, lived to complain: "I was born 20 years too soon...