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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...force is to be submitted to such nervous strains as this, it is certainly time that something is done about the effect of criminal motion pictures on juveniles. If the screen influences little Cambridge schoolgirls to threaten the city's nicest policeman, it might cause impressionable little boys to set up a Cambridge underworld and "burn down" traffic officers in Harvard Square right before Harvard undergraduates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BELOW THE CAMBRIDGE DEADLINE | 2/1/1929 | See Source »

Although the I. C. A. A. A. A. meet was held in the Stadium last year, there is still some question as to whether the meet will be held in Philadelphia or here again this year. May 31 and June 1 are the days set for the event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACK MEET WITH BROWN AND HOLY CROSS PLANNED | 2/1/1929 | See Source »

Many of the models of the Eskimo teeth are perfect in every way, not having the slightest defect either of form or condition. Dr. Fernald states that is the 32 years of his dental practice he has seen only one set of teeth which were perfect in every respect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ESQUIMO TEETH PROVE HEALTH OF MEAT DIET | 1/29/1929 | See Source »

...result, probably, of the avoidance of expense, the collection was also almost wholly devoid of descriptive labels. By estimation, about 90 percent of the specimens were unlabelled, except as each set of specimens was marked with the name of the collector or donor. In this condition, a collection, no matter how valuable, is extremely difficult of comprehension by students, and indeed the interest which the intelligent public can take in it is greatly diminished. Again, the many duplicates, indestructible, and other objects, which for one reason or another are not on display, are, for lack of proper storage facilities, tucked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Director of Peabody Museum Maps His Reorganization Campaign | 1/29/1929 | See Source »

...lectures which formerly were held during the corresponding two weeks. Such an increase in the assignments can hardly fail to bring with it unfortunate results: the work is performed in a more superficial manner which does not produce the same lasting value, and when examinations finally set in, the student at once feels the strain which has been imposed upon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREAKING THE CAMEL'S BACK | 1/28/1929 | See Source »

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