Word: telling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Warning his audiences not to confuse anthropologists with philanthropists, Earnest A. Hooton, professor of Anthropology, went on to tell some 300 people gathered in the Herald-Traveler Auditorium for the opening of the Boston Book Fair, that the more he studied men, the more he liked his apes. Theodore Roosevelt '09, John P. Marquand '14 and Oliver La Farge '24 also appeared on the program and amused the audience with an hour of reminiscences...
...months later, Dr. McGlynn willingly made the visit to Rome which previously had been demanded in vain. He had a friendly talk with Leo XIII, remarked that he could not stay long in Rome, to which the Pope calmly replied: "As you tell of your necessities, I of course cannot oppose your wishes...
...They all seem to be working hard," he commented, "and they're taking the exercises seriously." Petersen said that he couldn't tell yet what kind of material he has on band. "Just wait till December," he grinned...
...watchman's hut, set fires which caused airport buildings and equipment to burn last week for a loss of $100,000. Next, the police station at Daharieh, between Hebron and Beersheba, was overwhelmed by Arabs who made off with the Christian policemen's arms, shouting: "Tell your English bosses to go drink whiskey and play football! They should not think they can fight us. We will drive them out of Palestine...
...general impression of every Freshman's work from the results of his first Hour Exams, an impression, be it good, bad, or indifferent, that is harder to change as the year wears on. But what those who watch others go into Hour exams for the first time fail to tell them is, that it is not hard to pass the tests, given a reasonable amount of brains and ability, and in general the College is willing to stack the cards in the student's favor...