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The students had arrived by stagecoach, farm wagon and shanks' mare. Board, reported the chancellor, "need not exceed 80? per week." They ate mostly bread and milk, an occasional fish from Lake Mendota, and, as a "rare treat," roast potatoes. A room in North Hall, the dormitory "on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The First Hundred Years | 12/27/1948 | See Source »

Shanks' Mare. In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, during a week-long bus strike, a cobbler reported a 400% jump in business.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 5, 1947 | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

In 1853, W. Shanks, an Englishman of infinite patience and notable staying power, made his first bid for fame: he published the value of TT* carried from its normal 3.1416 to 530 decimal places. Several years later he pushed the frontier to 607, and in 1873 retired undefeated at 707...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Shcmks's Slip | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

Such being the case, who among us "shall cast the first stone?" E. CHAT. SHANKS

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Pearl Harbor Report | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

Selective Clientele. In Brooklyn, N.Y., S. Baron, ready for a vacation, wrote to a camp: "Please furnish information regard ing weekend facilities at your summer camp." The resort: the Army's Camp Shanks.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 25, 1945 | 6/25/1945 | See Source »

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