Word: followance
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...More likely: the Soviet Union was going to follow an isolationist policy (almost as bad for the British and French). By turning isolationist it would let Herr Hitler know that as long as he keeps away from Russia's vast stretches he need not fear the Red Army. Russia might even supply the Nazis with needed raw materials for conquests...
...fact, but a single way in which such measures can be avoided; and that is for the House Masters to fulfill the trust which they have abused. The first selection of the Freshman class this week has made it patent that these gentlemen do not feel obliged to follow any precepts in the admissions system except their own opinions and prejudices. If their attitude does not change before the second draft is made this year, it will be necessary to curtail their authority with a system of set criteria...
Since the days when President Eliot revolutionized the academic world with the elective system, Harvard has taken pride in allowing her sons to follow their own bent down the paths of learning. As a result the uniformity which a thorough grounding in the classics gave the Harvard graduate of thirty years ago has disappeared. Now Harvard turns out physicists, chemists, and social scientists, whose only common bond is the proven ability to swim 50 yards...
...outgrowth of the old pounding races (follow-the-leader on horseback), a Maryland institution started by daring young fox hunters in the 18th Century, the Maryland Hunt-four miles over 22 timber fences, some almost five feet high-is considered by most horsemen who have ridden both courses more difficult than the world-famed Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree, England. Aintree's thorn hedges, through which a horse can brush without falling, are a pleasure, they say, compared to Maryland's rail fences, which are as stout and rigid as telegraph poles...
This year Ellison ("Tarzan") Brown, 24-year-old Narragansett Indian from Westerly, R. I., did not follow his usual custom. He hung back, let Leslie Pawson, the favorite, go out in front. At Natick the Rhode Island Redskin (whose Indian name, Attuck-Quock-Wussete, means Deer-foot) found himself leading the pack, along with Walter Young, 1937 winner. Together they loped along for twelve miles...