Word: subs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Vexed, harassed by the loss of his torpedo, the sub-commander did not carry his petulance to extremes, rescued the sailboat's crew...
...Senate has its traditions. One of them is free speech and another is poker. A great many Senators are extraordinarily hard workers, and of course relaxation is necessary. So poker has become a tradition, sub rosa. Last week the two traditions were brought together on the floor, to the great interest of venerable Senators...
...Wharton's definition, three dimensions to the great Russian short stories, those which comprise the French sense of form, length and breadth, and that more puissant Russian one, depth, and its accompaniment of tears. The result is "great closeness of texture with profundity of form." As a sub-variant of the short story subject in general, the critic points out the supernatural in particular as a growth indigenous to the Germanic and English soils. It is interesting to discover that in the present book there is at least one story avowedly of this class, really two, but one escapes exact...
...presumption is the more warranted because debating has been specifically delegated to a sub-committee of the Student Advisory Committee of the Harvard Union...
Although definite plans for the amalgamation have not been worked out in detail as yet, it is probable that the arrangements will be along the following lines: A new Committee on Debating will be formed by the Union and will act as a sub-committee of the regular Student Committee of the Harvard Union. This new Debating Committee will consist of the members of the present Executive Committee of the Debating Union with the addition of the two Graduate Secretaries and the Vice-President, who are ex-office members of all committees of the Union...