Word: wrists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Modesty is always desirable; the truly great invariably seem to possess it. We admire the old athlete who keeps his golden emblems in his pocket or at home, rather than dangling from his watch-chain. Which reminds one--have you ever seen a P.B.K. man with a wrist watch? Echo answers 'Watch...
...answer to Slocum's question, "Have you ever seen a Phi Beta Kappa man with a wrist watch?". Martin, in his letter to the Bulletin, states, "Mr. Slocum's concern is not so much with the importance of maintaining or abandoning the juxtaposition of the chronometer and the bowels as with the lack of modesty in some possessors...
...world's friendship. The way was long from the tales of grue some that made the from pages of 1918 hideous is the acclaim that the Bremen's heroine crew has won in 1928. Whatever Germany's time in doffing her cuirass and carrying a dove on her wrist, she has succeeded beyond cavil in regaining a position of honor and trust among the nations. She has honestly endeavored to sustain a balance of concord in the world; and while other powers equivocate on treaties of peace, she has steadfastly backed them. One does not need to believe that this...
...Wrist Watch. Winding the wrist watch is one of those unpleasant little bedtime duties frequently forgotten. From the Isle of Man comes the device of John Harwood making it no longer necessary. The watch is constructed on the principle of the pedometer, being wound by the movements of the forearm...
...rays are taken to determine the bone development in each child. The wrist bone is particularly important in this connection because it is a sort of indicator of the whole development. These individual physical examinations are fairly complete, but so far we have been unable to give individual mental tests to more than four or five hundred students a year...