Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...provision of a headquarters for foreign men and their friends which will be always at their disposal is calculated to supply the need of such men for a common meeting ground for social contacts. Its permanent and informal character will allow an easier interchange than is at present possible in the sporadic formal entertainments of the Council...
...part which the aeroplane plays in the expedition seems to me to be mainly that of a trail-breaker. General survey, of course, may be accomplished by plane very successfully, but the real exploration will have to be done on the ground...
Various steps might be taken to remedy the present situation it has been proposed by some to abolish the examinations in "related" fields entirely. And substitute certain course requirements which would cover the ground. But this suggestion is hardly in line with the increasing emphasis toward tutorial work as distinguished from mere counting of courses. Another solution might lie in giving these examinations at the conclusion of the Sophomore or Junior year so that men would have a fresher knowledge of the subjects and would have more leisure to prepare for them. While there is much to be said...
...mind the ordeals by fire and water with which savage tribesmen test virtue, the businessmen devise an ordeal by dizziness for Legrange. He must walk from one window to another along a four-inch ledge on the outside of the building which, at that point, is 200 feet above ground. If he falls, his death will be announced as suicide; if he accomplishes the feat the whole matter will promptly be forgotten. Needless to say, Legrange treads the ledge safely, guilty only of shielding a woman's guilt. The harrowing quality of the ledge scene fails to mitigate Playwright...
...chasing through the dark underbrush after an animal that they hoped to broil over their fires that evening for dinner. Then, in the protection of the cave, after the crude meal, they played j games with polished bones and round stones, and yelled with delight or rolled upon the ground with laughter and wild glee. Sometimes, in the excitement, they would forget that they were playing, and would begin to fight. There would be terrific pandemonium, and the embers of 1 the camp fire would be scattered and the game forgotten. "The play spirit has endured. . . ." Helen Wills, world...