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Word: whatness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last year at this time Coach Harold Sylvadore Ulen of the Varsity swimming squad was bemoaning the loss by graduation of the greatest team in Harvard aquatic history--the 1938 League Champions who in many ways rated the title of "the best dual meet team in the country." This year...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/7/1939 | See Source »

While President of Princeton, Woodrow Wilson had proposed a "Quad Plan" similar to the Harvard-Yale House system, to control the "sideshow that is attempting to run the main tent." But clubmen, some of the faculty and the alumni, defending what was dear to them, defeated the Wilson plan, and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tiger Club System Is Responsible for "Intellectual Inertia," Declares Article | 12/7/1939 | See Source »

Novel and refreshing, judging by standards now in vogue, are the theories of teaching outlined by the poet Robert Frost in a recent interview with the press. Mr. Frost, who is conducting a weekly class at Harvard this year, holds no brief for stereotyped spoon-fed education. He states frankly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 12/5/1939 | See Source »

Those who admire Coffin poetry may be disappointed in his most recent prose attempt, for the chronicle of the Pennells is almost strictly a narrative with little room left for the author's creative talent. What poetic expressions there are occur only in small snatches. The book is a diary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 12/5/1939 | See Source »

"What A Life," with Jackie Cooper, is an unsuccessful small-town drama which might have gone over with a better script, faster-paced direction, fewer cliches, and Mickey Rooney.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

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