Word: apex
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Boxes and tables, which will be furnished and decorated by the Committee, will be placed in the Delta near Memorial Hall. The small boxes, near the apex of the Delta, will hold six or eight persons, while the larger ones near the Hall will hold 12 to 16. The tables will seat from one to three couples and will be placed in the middle of the Delta. Six tables and the two boxes nearest the Hall have been reserved for patronesses...
...advisedly; for as has been hinted, his "Tales" fall below even the standard set by "Flappers" et al.; the sauciness has run dry and the spice become flat and tasteless. The "Tales" show a marked weakening. Fitzgerald went up like a rocket; but now that he has reached his apex and is in danger of descending like the stick, he should spare himself and his public any further humiliation...
...Committee states that box lists and also return postal cards should be handed in equally soon to the Chairman at Grays 26. Boxes for twelve and sixteen persons will be situated near Memorial Hall; smaller ones holding from six to eight will be placed in the apex of the Delta; while tables for from two to six persons will be located in the middle of the Delta. The rules concerning boxes require that none shall include more than 16 persons and that each group of such size must have a chairman. Upon request groups of applicants will be placed...
...forgetting the intricate problems of the calculus and government that so occupied his powers of concentration but an hour before. To get the most out of yourself in working hours, you must get the most into yourself in hours of relaxation. Complete oblivion in relaxation at its apex...
...truth is always to be sought for and made known, no matter how unpleasant, but the assertion that Harvard has reached the apex of its glory and is launched on the period of its decay strikes me as both groundless and unpolitic...