Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...interesting to see the many causes of a steadily decreasing number in the train. Some through fear of homesickness turned back, others died from sickness or privation, many were killed by the Indians and a great number bolted for California at the whisper of the word--Gold. Ploughs were thrown down by the wayside and you see the creeping wagons divide into two streams, with the very few going northwest. And the arrival at the long sought-for goal is, wonder of wonders, portrayed in a very simple and unaffected manner. The first snow of the winter is falling...
...have seen the productive organs of the earth blown off by a declaration of war and the efforts of people thrown into a channel which is largely waste, should become critical of our own thinking in order that there may be a new appraisal of national values and that the spirit of international conferences may be quickened." Such was the opening thought expressed by Professor M. O. Hudson '10 of the University Law School when he addressed a small group in Longfellow House yesterday afternoon on the League, the subject being "Back-door, Side-door, Cellar-door, or Front-door...
...Story. Still waters run deep -a quiet pool contains, unseen by the casual observer, a whole society of strange and opposite creatures, thrown together by chance or nature, fiercely loving and hating. So Eamor, an English country house, where life in general seemed to move as calmly and placidly as a still day in August, proved the focus and battleground for a certain group of di- verse, opposed personalities, related by accidental ties of blood or fate. The secret, incessant clash of these personalities, now and then flaring out into active conflict as abrupt as the glitter of lightning, serves...
Consequently, after such a satisfactory year the Freshmen cannot, in the fulness of their hearts, fall to contribute largess in satisfying sums. They should remember that half-dollars can be thrown with much greater force and accuracy than anything else,--except whole ones and that with such ammunition, they may not only do their duty, but also salve any personal grievances against the Seniors. And anyone who wishes to hear his name immortalized at the end of a "regular Harvard cheer" has the one chance in his life to accomplish it by sheer generosity...
While he delivered his address numerous slides were thrown upon the screen showing, the palace at Versailles,--its plans, exteriors and interiors, views of its parks and statuary. The famous muscums, the Louvre and the Invalides, were also shown as famous examples of French architecture of that period. Among the chateaux that were shown for their beautiful design were those at Vaux and Marly. In addition many examples of commemorative architecture were exhibited...