Word: mannering
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...named for him, he had a special office, rent-free, because he was a public character. Then followed eight happy tranquil years of teaching. Taft's older son Robert had graduated from Yale (1910) when his father was in the White House. Charles, much like his father, in manner and mind, was the all-around man of the class of '18. He played basketball, football, was the most popular man in his class and graduated near the top of it. And presently "Bill" Taft began to add rooms to his summer home at Murray Bay to accommodate...
...creates the world and leaves to inspect his handiwork, declaring, "I'll be back Saturday." Then are exhibited the careers of Adam and Eve, of Cain and of Noah, who is commanded to live aboard an Ark while a world given over to dicing, short skirts, and all manner of Evil is submerged beneath the floods. Years later the Lord God selects Moses to lead his people out of the land of Pharaoh. Pharaoh's palace is depicted as a glorified Negro lodge room with its various magniticoes attired in such lustrous raiment as Confederate uniforms and Scotch...
...example, may be examined on History as it applies to Government or Economics. This will introduce an element of mature interpretation of the subject which has not been prevalent before. If this new plan is successful, it is predicted that other subjects may be treated in a similar manner...
...Yale authorities, by their summary methods of punishment may indeed put an end to the rioting nuisance, but their manner of doing so does not seem to suit the conditions of Yale, or any other college...
Such a plan would be quite capable of further development. Inasmuch as many men, particularly those who take courses in Music, have phonographs of their own, it might well be possible to allow them to take records from the files overnight, in much the same manner as library books are handled...