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Word: springing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spring's theatricals included "Face the Music," the Hasty Pudding Show written by C. M. Churchill '30 with music by H. C. Adamson '30. The HDC gave the American premiere of Galsworthy's latest London hit, "'The Show...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: 1930's Final College Years: Talkies, Socialism, Prohibition | 6/14/1955 | See Source »

Most important nationally that spring was the discovery of a new planet just beyond Neptune. The discovery was made by the Lowell Institute in Arizona, which had been started by President Lowell's brother, Percival Lowell '76. Suggested names for the new planet included Kronos, Constance (after the founder's widow), Percival (after the founder), and Atlas...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: 1930's Final College Years: Talkies, Socialism, Prohibition | 6/14/1955 | See Source »

Most of the spring's activities centered around the Lampoon. After the Ibis had been annually stolen, the comic organization published its Tercentenary number, which was followed with threat of a suit from Boston Mayor James Curley...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: 1930's Final College Years: Talkies, Socialism, Prohibition | 6/14/1955 | See Source »

Associate Director of Admissions David D. Henry made several comparisons between the admissions situation in the spring of 1926, when the Class of '30 applied, and the present...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Today's Under grads Found More Serious Than Their Predecessors | 6/14/1955 | See Source »

Henry noted in particular that only about 1200 applied to Harvard in 1926, compared to the more than 4,000 that did so during the past spring. The Class of 1930 had 55 per cent of its members from New England and 50 per cent from Massachusetts alone, Henry said. The Class of 1958, on the other hand, has 35 per cent of its membership from New England and less than 30 per cent from Massachusetts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Today's Under grads Found More Serious Than Their Predecessors | 6/14/1955 | See Source »

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