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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unanimous choice as the favorite drink, and brewing was rated high up on the list as one of the favorite indoor sports. The favorite topic of conversation was women, the second favorite topic was women, and the third place was also won by women. Einstein's theory also received a number of votes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTMOUTH MEN TALK OF WOMEN, WOMEN, AND WOMEN | 3/20/1929 | See Source »

...this introspection should prove the sole lapse in the life of an otherwise healthy New Hampshire extravert. Remembering to respect the local chief of police, to elect Biblical History next semester, and to shun the study of physics like poison, Dartmouth men can get back to their favorite topic, women, women, women. When it is recalled how far up in the woods Hanover is, the sons of Eleazer may be forgiven this last innocence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "MY SON EMMET--" | 3/20/1929 | See Source »

...March 30, in Widener V, an examination will be held to determine the winner of the Ricardo Prize Scholarship, which has an annual income of $500. At that time, candidates will be called on to write extemporaneously, in the examination room, an essay on a topic chosen by themselves, from a list, not previously announced, in economics and political science...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ricardo Prize Outlined | 3/16/1929 | See Source »

...Education and its Relation to Modern Business" will be the topic for discussion in this morning's session at 10.30 o'clock in the Radcliffe Theatre, Agassiz House, Radcliffe College Yard. There will be addresses by Professor C. F. Taeusch of the Graduate School of Business Administration, and by A. V. Shaw, senior partner of Shaw, Loomis, and Sayles. At the luncheon at 1 o'clock in the Hotel Commander. Dean H. W. Holmes '03 will be toastmaster, introducing the two speakers. Both meetings are open to the public; tickets for the luncheon may be secured from C. S. Thomas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GRADUATE SCHOOLS | 3/16/1929 | See Source »

...story of "the wonder and the dread" of adolescence seems to be as perennial as the rather widespread and universal development of the child into the man. It is a topic which, indeed, affects most of us, and with which some author is always ready to deal; to lay bare the psychology of the youth as he gets his first glimpse of life in its various aspects...

Author: By H. F. S., | Title: More Novels of the Season | 3/15/1929 | See Source »

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