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Word: take (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...suppose you're curious by now as to who I am. Well, first of all--my full name is Dixi Belle Kent, but I am more frequently known as 'Cookie' to my friends (so take a hint). I stand 5 feet 3 inches in my stocking feet, but, as I do not go around in my stocking feet, I am really 5 feet 5 1-2 inches (including high heels). Just dainty for a big brute like you!! And say, I'm a blue-eyed blonde--how does that strike you? ('Be still your heart!'). I was 20 years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Men Jealous of Heroes Of Gridiron, Letter Reveals | 10/21/1938 | See Source »

Much on the lines of the scholastic aptitude test most students take before entering college in their Freshman year, the quiz covers in addition non-technical subjects such as literature and fine arts, physics and chemistry, biological sciences, social studies, verbal aptitude and mathematics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Graduate Students Are Subjected To Aptitude Tests Before Specializing | 10/19/1938 | See Source »

...They first trumped up the issue by stating that local patriotic organizations once more were decrying the Hicks appointment. The second implied that as a counsellor Mr. Hicks advocated the reading of Communist books. The third quoted the President of the Student Council as saying that this body would take action on a "controversy" entirely manufactured by the American...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE AMERICAN WAY | 10/19/1938 | See Source »

...know their names, but they almost always know his. The Vagabond is one of his pals, although he doesn't know that Vag is Vag. Many a student, not excluding Vag, is indebted to this soft little man, for when they are desperate for a fin, he will take practically anything as security. He's been here a long time, and he knows a lot about Harvard and its doings. His large establishment used to be a veritable storehouse for all sorts of stuff. Its interior was laden with clothes and china and silverware and odd knick-knacks. Some...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 10/18/1938 | See Source »

Creditors of the Monthly were uncertain as to the action they would take. All bills have been returned unopened, and no representative of the magazine could be located in order to secure even a partial settlement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Undergraduate Magazines in Wolf's Claws As Lampy Lacks Subscribers, Monthly Defunct | 10/18/1938 | See Source »

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