Word: evolutionism
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John Reed, who later became a Soviet saint, rides on a raid with Pancho Villa (1914) and turns in a story that is half good fast Western, half a discussion of human liberty. In the same manner, H. L. Mencken ignores most of the who, what & when of the courtroom...
Died. Dr. Franz Weidenreich, 75, famed German-born anthropologist; in Manhattan. His research on Asiatic skull fossils led to a revolutionary theory that modern man was descended from a giant rather than a pygmy predecessor. Aided by discoveries of Dr. Ralph von Koenigswald, he revamped the chronology of human evolution...
Today the evolution of Waugh the conservative English gentleman is almost complete. His attachments to the old families and the peerage are close. With them and with Catholic intellectuals, rather than among his literary contemporaries, he finds his friends.
The latest step in the Orchestra's evolution took place in 1942, when its members decided to recognize the existence of women. With the passing of a "Women's Suffrage Act," the Harvard and Radcliffe Orchestra merged. Although the measure was originally just a war time expedient, it has since...
Representatives of the Alumni Committee for a Memorial Activities Center, a body of younger graduates which has led the campaign for the "utilitarian" memorial, are constantly working with Committee architects Coolidge, Shepley, Bullfinch, and Abbott and are assisting in evolution of the plans.