Word: upper
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...minutes on his hypothesis that the organs of an animal have their own struggle for existence. That is why animals of the same general family have different characteristics. Example: the shovel tusked mastodon developed its lower jaw to scoop food from swamps. The African elephant developed its upper tusks to uproot trees for their tender top leaves. This Osborn theory opposes the Darwinian theory that new types develop from accidental variations of which only those survive which are best adapted to their environment; the Lamarckian theory that new types inherit the changed habits of ancestors; the "vitalistic" theory that...
...exhibition in the upper Treasure Room in Widener Library, is a collection of books once belonging to different presidents of the United States, recently given to Harvard by H. S. Howe '69. The collection contains volumes from the libraries of many of the presidents from George Washington to Herbert Hoover, and books varying from "The Dangerous Age" to a life of our first president in Latin prose. There are also many autographed letters of every president on display with the books from the White House libraries...
...methods by which Economics A is now administered to the 700 are typical of the preparatory school. As Juniors and Sophomores enrolled in the course are already under the guidance of tutors, and Freshmen will be in the following year, it is not illogical to assume that the upper class men and a large proportion of the first year men are in no need of stepping back into a preparatory school class room three times a week...
While no further letters will be mailed to upper classmen calling their attention to the office of the Consultant on Careers in Wadsworth House until next September, the office will remain open through the close of the academic year and its services will be at the disposal of all members of the University, A. L. Putnam '20, stated yesterday...
Married. Alice Szechenyi, daughter of Count Laszlo Szechenyi, Hungarian Minister to the U. S. and Countess Szechenyi who was Gladys, daughter of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt; and Count Bela Hadik, son of Count John Hadik, who, once Hungarian premier, is now a member of the upper house of the Hungarian Parliament; in Washington, D. C.; by Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi, Apostolic Delegate to the U. S., who concluded the service by reading a cablegram from His Holiness Pope Pius XI blessing the couple "as a pledge of heavenly favor...