Word: tilled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attendance was still obligatory until Charles W. Eliot became president of Harvard in 1869 and began the university's modern age. Dr. Eliot did not believe in attendance at religious services under compulsion; but here, as elsewhere, he had to labor against a powerful tradition, and it was not till the 250th anniversary of the university, in 1886, that chapel attendance was made voluntary...
There can be no recovery in Europe till politicians in all territories, old and new, realize that trade is not war but a process of exchange, that in time of peace our neighbors are our customers, and that their prosperity is a condition of our own wellbeing. If we check their dealings, their power to pay their debts diminishes and their power to purchase our goods is reduced. Restricted imports involve restricted exports, and no nation can afford to lose its export trade...
...Charles Hopkins Theatre, the audience follows, sympathetically but a trifle wearily, the fortunes of an Iowa innocent (Neil Martin) on Columbia University's Broadway campus. Even before classes have fairly begun, he is in love with a chorus girl. Mother and brother are powerless to interfere. Not till the unfortunate chorus girl confides that she is possessed of a hidden liability five months old does poor Teddy go back to his books, a sadder and a wiser man. The best reason for visiting Charles Hopkins Theatre these days is to see the little theatre itself...
...agile Richard slides over the goal line on his handsome hip. For a long while things look black for Alma Mater Colton. False charges of professionalism ban the star back for the game. Even when, proved innocent, he plays again in the third quarter, it is of no avail-till he is assured of the heroine's true love. Then the mud begins to fly. The smile of Louise Mason (Esther Ralston) is good for hundreds of yards through anybody's line, and a winning touchdown in the last ten seconds...
Holleran, in fine shape, was back at his old berth at right tackle, and seems to be a likely starter in the Crimson till next Saturday...