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Word: kappa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...poetry he reads to favorites. On Sundays before Christmas he reads Dickens' Christmas Carol to Upper Formers, who crowd the window seat and fender rail of his booklined study. "Old Boys" * fondly recall his habit of snorting humorously through his nose, his ceaseless jiggling of his Phi Beta Kappa key. Of his five sons, most spectacular is the second-eldest, Sigourney Thayer, World War aviator, Paris habitue, theatre tyro, husband of Emily Davies Vanderbilt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Twill | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

...leagues have been formed: the Alpha group is composed of six teams. Alpha Chi Sigma, Kappa Nu, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Epsilon Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and the Trident Club. The Beta League has five entrants: Delta Upsilon, Kappa Sigma, Phike Club, Sigma Alpha Mu, and St. Paul's Catholic Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTRAMURAL CHAMPION WILL BE DECIDED TODAY | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

...clock, Trident Club versus Kappa Nu: 8 o'clock, Phike Club versus Kappa Sigma: 9 o'clock. Sigma Alpha Epsilon versus Lambda Chi Alpha...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTRAMURAL CHAMPION WILL BE DECIDED TODAY | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

Phillips Exeter Academy was announced winner of the Scholarship trophy offered by the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXETER WINS PHI BETA KAPPA AWARD | 11/29/1929 | See Source »

...worked his way through Lincoln University, he was educated first in the public schools of Princeton, N. J. His school record won him a scholarship at nearby Rutgers College (New Brunswick, N. J.). At Rutgers an average of over 90% in all his studies won him a Phi Beta Kappa key in his junior year. He was considered Rutgers' best debater. He won his R in four sports (football, baseball, basketball, track). The late Walter Camp called him "the greatest defensive end that ever trod the gridiron...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Robeson's Return | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

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