Word: garrison
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...controversy. For one thing, some educators deplored the passing of the old essay question ("Discuss the consequences of the Dred Scott decision") in favor of the objective type ("The chief justice in the Dred Scott Case was: 1. John C. Calhoun. 2. Roger B. Taney. 3. William Lloyd Garrison, 4. Salmon P. Chase, 5. Stephen A. Douglas"). The new tests, said the critics, might be able to determine a student's superficial knowledge of a subject, but they gave no indication of whether he could think or organize his material. The critics admitted that the objective questions were economical...
...Empire. Five days before the deadline set by the Anglo-Egyptian agreement, Brigadier John H. S. Lacey handed over the keys of his Suez Canal headquarters to Lieut. Colonel Abdullah Azouni of the Egyptian army and quietly led the last 91 of Britain's 80,000-man garrison aboard a landing craft bound for Cyprus...
...Class held its final elections that winter, naming Harding, Ticknor, and Munroe as Marshals. C. Douglas Dillon was elected Treasurer, and varsity hockey center John B. Garrison was named Secretary...
...hockey games with Yale in 1931 attracted particular interest, since the winner would get the unofficial title of best in North America. The Crimson had lost only once, after the exam period layoff, and had beaten both McGill and Toronto. Ellis led the team from the goal, while Garrison and Samuel L. Batchelder '31 were on the starting team all season...
They are: Joyce Backman, English; Susan L. Baker, History; Marie DePuis Bardos, English; Alice Cooper, History and Literature; Carol Kirsch Dietz, History and Literature; Joan P. Friendly, Social Relations; Diana Frothingham, Romance Languages and Literatures; Rebecca Garrison, History and Literature; Joy Mambuechen, Romance Languages and Literatures...