Word: roots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Elihu Root (American...
...Directors, beside Mr. Mackay, are: Frederic A. Juilliard, Marshall Field, Otto H. Kahn, Charles Triller, Alvin W. Krech, Arthur Judson, Nicholas Murray Butler, Scipione Guidi, Mrs. E. H. Harriman, Thomas L. Leeming, L. E. Manoly, Frank L. Polk, D. Edward Porter, Walter W. Price, Elihu Root, Charles H. Sabin, Nelson S. Spencer, Maurice Van Praag. Mrs. Vincent Astor is the Chairman of the Executive Committee on the Auxiliary Board...
Other books on the announcement list of the University Press are "Men and Policies" by ex-Secretary of State Elinu Root Hon. '07, "Getting a Laugh" by Professor C. H. Grandgent '83, and "Changing Ireland" by Norreys J. O'Conor...
...cross-word puzzle craze has gained such popularity at Princeton that Professor R. K. Root of the English department has suggested establishing a course in English vocabulary using cross-word puzzles as the textbook...
Explaining his suggestion, Professor Root said: "At the end of each term would hold a three-hour test consisting of three of the most frightful puzzles ever invented. The possibilities are equally great for the classics or history departments. Imagine a cross-word puzzle made up entirely of Latin words. Cross-word puzzles consisting of biological or chemical terms could also be used. In that way the perpetually bored student could find interest in his work...