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...theory that appeared the soundest was that some one threw a match out of a window in Matthews Hall late in the night, which was carried across to Massachusetts Hall by the wind. According to Mr. C. R. Apted, Superintendent of CareTakers, this could easily have happened, as the wind was due east all night and might well have carried the cigarette across the 60-foot interval...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $5000 FIRE DAMAGES MASSACHUSETTS HALL | 4/7/1924 | See Source »

...Benes, as much if not more than any other and man, has been responsible for the creation and the preservation of the Republic of Czecho-Slovakia, the "soundest" nation in Central Europe. Professor Masaryk, formerly of the University of Chicago, is the President, and is known as the "Father" of the new nation. But since its birth, he has not borne a preponderant part of the battle. He has been often sick. Benes is young, of sturdy build, shrewd, quick-witted, with a flair for conversation, light or heavy. When he speaks English he is never at a loss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WILLIAMSTOWN: Serious Discussion | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

...intending to set that "absolute standard" which is essential, to admit only those who pass the New Plan comprehensive examinations in June. In regard to those who fail to pass a June examination or those who come in under the one seventh provision, the conclusions of the CRIMSON seem soundest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 1/19/1924 | See Source »

...most interesting episode recently has been Secretary Mellon's proposal to scale down income taxes. Of all the cheerful news which has occurred, or been made to occur, this Fall, Mr. Mellon's adroit move has been the soundest, the most genuinely optimistic, and the most popular with the rank and file of businessmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Current Situation: Nov. 26, 1923 | 11/26/1923 | See Source »

...sensible and well paying profession, and pupils go to study with the feeling that they are making their way to a secure living rather than with toplofty visions of artistic transcendence and starvation. The organists, while seldom riding in the sunlight of popular acclaim, represent one of the soundest phases of American music. There is a large demand throughout the country for good organists for church positions. The pay is not vast, but it is steady. There is a better and surer living in organ playing than there is in, say, poetry. The organist may attract fewer ecstatic phrases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Rochester | 8/20/1923 | See Source »

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