Word: thompsons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Yucatan, Edward H. Thompson of the Peabody Museum (Boston), to whom is credited introduction* of the Mayan civilization to modern archeology, rounded out 20 years of work with an extraordinary feat and returned home. He knew that the Mayans practiced a sacrificial ceremony at their sacred wells, in their holy city, decking virgins with jade and gold and hurling them, amid clouds of incense, into great limestone sinkholes, one of which measured 168 feet across and contained 80 feet of water and mud. After digging around for years, with indifferent luck, Professor Thompson went back to Boston and acquired...
...Benjamin Thompson...
...element in the Board headed by Commissioners Benson, Haney and Thompson set out on this course some time ago. The President demanded the resignation of Mr. Haney, and Mr. Haney declined to resign (TIME, Sept. 14). Two weeks ago (Time, Oct. 12) the Board withdrew its delegation of powers to Admiral Palmer. Last week it removed...
Advice to the freshmen of Ohio State University by President William Oxley Thompson: "The best thing to do is do what you are told. Take the advice and direction of those who know more about things than you do. . . .Because of the organization of this University I can get in touch with any of the students or teachers here in 10 minutes' time. . . .Two years ago every freshman who attended these lectures was in the chapel and prepared to hear me talk in four minutes. This was possible because of the organization directed by our military officers. . . . The best thing...
...Dartmouth end. Freshmen Exeter Prior l.e. l.e. G. Gilligan Harrison l.t. l.t. Marting Parkinson l.g. l.g. Byron Kernan c. c. Love Robinson r.g. r.g. Kales Clark r.t. r.t. Langillo O'Connell r.e. r.e. Easthagen Putnam q.b. q.b. Ellis Mills I.h. I.h. Carver Baldwin r.h. r.h. Marsters Cunningham f.b. f.b. Thompson...