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Word: sisterly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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While radical upsets in entrance requirements and curriculum have recently caused some sweeping changes in almost all of our sister universities, Harvard alone has remained unaltered. Ever since Yale and Princeton took steps toward the abolition of classical requirements and the "liberalization" of admission examinations, men interested in the welfare of the University have wondered what sort of a change would come in Harvard. But, with the fighting ended over a year ago, nothing unexpected has happened...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTELLECTUAL PREPAREDNESS. | 12/18/1919 | See Source »

...Such action would be not only an act of friendship for the Belgian people, but also a testimonial of their admiration for Cardinal Mercier. It is peculiarly fitting that Harvard men should make some tangible evidence of their respect for this representative of a great sister University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "HELP RE-ESTABLISH SISTER UNIVERSITY," SAYS GARDINER. | 10/6/1919 | See Source »

...strength of this record that he was assigned to the "NC" type of plane at Rockaway, where he was appointed in charge of the NC-4. It was in this capacity that he flew the NC-4 to victory over her sister planes in May, 1919, thus giving the United States the honor of being the first nation to successfully complete a transatlantic fight with a heavier-than-air machine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMANDER OF NC-4 SPEAKS TO UNIVERSITY THIS EVENING | 9/29/1919 | See Source »

...limit arbitrarily a man's capacity for work, to restrain ability, is non-congruent with the ideals and aims of Harvard. An undergraduate may go whither his powers lead him; no cage is placed about him. Our sister universities sacrifice the individual for the entire group, when, if they would but seek them, tasks for all would be found, without limiting the exceptional undergraduate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REGULATION OF ACTIVITIES. | 5/3/1919 | See Source »

...cast of characters will be as follows: Ivan, King of Czecho-Ptomania, amorously uninterested in the governmental, C. A. Clark, Jr., '19 Anna, sister of the King, Cupid's contribution to Bolshevism, H. C. Flower, Jr., '19 Borus, would be president of a would be republic of Czecho-Ptomania, C. Canfield '19 Catherine, sister of Borus, a socialist with a social twist, D. H. Read '19 General Hupincoff, J. Lavalle, J.r, '18 Colonel Umptski, A. Horween '20 Gumbutoff, Anabaptistical Attendant Idolizing Borus, R. H. Ware '20 Flitch, his dog, a Ptomania fleece-hound, The Dog Peter B. Heinz...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRAVESTY BOLSHEVISM IN PUDDING COMEDY | 4/11/1919 | See Source »

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