Word: function
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sort of production which made the old Hippodrome world-famed. What justified Jumbo's extravagant ballyhoo was the fact that Mr. Rose has added all the mechanical and artistic improvements which the U. S. Theatre has evolved in the 15 years since the old Hippodrome ceased to function. Where the old Hippodrome shows provided such mellow music as Poor Butterfly, Mr. Rose's Jumbo was packed with more sophisticated tunes by Rodgers & Hart. Where the old Hippodrome shows raised spectators' hair with a troupe of girls who descended into a pool never to come up again...
...Foyer Dedicated to Stradivarius," by George W. Browster, Jr., a second year man at the School, and a pair of identical sheets, which are reproductions of an extremely involved sketch showing the "Correlation of Function, Design, and Construction," by Richard H. Cutting, graduated in 1934, make up the remainder of the list...
...such caperings pass without comment is Dr. Morris Fishbein, pontifical editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "Ridiculous! . . . Untrue!" snorted he in the Journal last week. "Milk is the only article of diet whose function in nature is to serve as food. Certainly the values of milk in protein, in mineral salts and in vitamins are sufficient upon which to base claims as to its usefulness without trying to turn the product into a 'patent medicine...
Last night's meeting was called to order by Best, who was named secretary-treasurer of the chapter by his mates last spring. He will also function in that capacity through the remainder of the year...
...opposite form: that there is too much coincidence of aim. The Association is obscure because its main purpose is to assure fair play for its constituency. Since there is little occasion to struggle for this precious possession at Harvard, the Association has won neither fame nor notoriety. Anyway, its function is to prevent unfair discrimination against professors and to assure them of proper salaries, retirements, and appointments. It also concerns itself with problems of administration and curriculum, and publishes a useful magazine. But these activities are secondary. And since the field into which the main activities fall is a small...