Word: seven
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...comedy, in three acts and seven scenes, all of which are devoted to the telling of a not-unusual story. Charley Bemis came to New York from the country and gradually worked his way up to a senior clerkship, a situation whereby he has been enabled to save a little money. Then, with the aid of a clear-sighted young woman, 'his girl', and a tooth-ache-inspired nightmare, he realizes he is not as he thought he was: The city has put its stamp upon him. Roused, he asserts his individuality--to such an extent that he loses...
Bishop Webb revealed plans for another Congress in London next year, of which the subtitle was actually to be "The Holy Eucharist." Rev. George Craig Stewart of Evanston, Ill., chairman of the occasion, took his post and enunciated a seven-fold keynote, of which the most specific clause was: "To clarify the position of the Anglican Communion in respect to Protestant Christianity on the one hand and Roman Catholicism on the other...
...unbeatable. But Harvard is not basing any false hopes of the Indians' showing at New Haven. Two years ago Dartmouth barely tied Yale, but a week later defeated Harvard. That year Dooley was largely blamed for the failure of the Dartmouth attack at the Bowl. But within seven days he was bailed as the hero of the Green's success in the Stadium...
...Freshmen emulated the University team by burying the Dartmouth first-year men 18 to 53. W. G. Dooley '29 established a new Freshman record for the three-mile run, breaking the former mark by three-fifths of a second with the time of 18 minutes seven and two fifths seconds. He was closely followed by Gleason Lee '30 and D. G. Ferguson of Dartmouth. The next seven men to place were all Harvard runners...
...ever says: "What is the use of learnings that three times nine is twenty seven?" Yet Latin is the three times nine of the majority of the modern languages. More than 65 per cent of the words we use trace back to the Latin root. A knowledge of Latin greatly increases the understanding of the full meaning of words used in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and practically all other languages used in commerees and increasingly, a thorough knowledge of the meaning of words and ability to speak and to understand languages are becoming necessary to success in business...