Word: infantability
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...February issue of the "Bookman" is published an article entitled "Detestable Words." This gives a few examples of words which the editor despises. According to the "Bookman," "sense" appears as a verb in every form from the "father sensed his son's abstraction" to the "peeling infant sensed the coming of the succulent milk-bottle." "Poignant" is on the blacklist because of its downright stupidity, "stipend" because of its oily politician sound. "Remuneration" is a foolishly long latinized word, and "dainty" and "refined" are classed as belonging to the "chewing gum" variety...
Chief of the Bureau of Needy Children and Infant Mortality is Dr. William P. Lucas '00. Richard C. Cabot '89 occupies the positions of Director of Medical Centres in the Bureau of Refugees and Relief. Edward E. Hunt '09, who acted as delegate for the city and province of Antwerp from 1914 to 1916, and was director of civilian relief in the American Red Cross for Italy last year, is at the head of the Bureau of Reconstruction and Relief. On the Editorial and Historical Division, Barton Blake '05 acts as chief and included among his assistants is Lewis...
Today marks the birthday anniversary of the Harvard Regiment. Birthday anniversaries are traditionally a time of congratulations, and while we cannot regard with pride the growth of the lusty infant nor present it with a rattle to delight its baby heart, yet we can give praise for what it has done...
...picturesque figure," Professor Palmer has written, "has left us, a prodigious scholar, a stimulating teacher, a heroic character, a playful and widely-loved friend." And at the close--"That elvish figure, with the unconventional dress and slouching step, that face which blended the infant and sage, that total personality, as amused, amusing and intent on righteousness as Socrates himself--happy the university that had for a long time so vitalizing a presence...
February 4: Dr. J. L. Morse '87: "Feeding in its Relation to the Infant's Development...