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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Said the Chicago Tribune: "Everybody speaks of it as the Outer drive. That is a good name because it is a natural one and a descriptive one. The best place names in cities are the natural ones. . . . We cite the Lake Shore drive, Broadway, the Boston Common. These names are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: In Chicago | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

The CRIMSON believes that overemphasis upon football in American colleges has reached the point where something constructive should and can be done to restore harmony and a proper-balance between that sport and academic pursuits. Acting upon this belief, the CRIMSON submits a program of definite suggestions which, it is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EDITORIAL | 12/1/1925 | See Source »

In the English Department, however, it is still possible to receive a degree "magna cum" or "summa cum" without this oral examination. That department still distinguishes between a degree "with distinction" and a degree "with Honors". This latter, which requires a severe oral quiz and a long thesis in addition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE DISTINCTION OF HONORS | 5/21/1923 | See Source »

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