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Another book about history is Prof. R. H. Lord's '06, on the "Origin of the War of 1870." This book presents for the first time material gathered from the archives of the German Foreign Office...
...members of the summer institute visited by means of fifty automobiles the Long Island farms. Though "they were harmless agriculturists" people believed their procession to be a demonstration of the Ku Klux Klan. Professor Carver believes most of the excitement over the Ku Klux Klan has just as innocent origin as this...
Professor R. H. Lord '06 has just completed a book, the "Origin...
...origin of cretin is traced by some to the French chrétien, meaning "Christian," hence "innocent." The Latin Christianus, again, was probably a translation of the older cretin, from crete (craie), a. chalky fuller's earth found in Crete, used by the Romans for coloring the face, especially by actors. A common mark of cretinism is a sallow, yellow earthy complexion...
...York Herald-Tribune had a great "beat." The headline ran: "New Yorkers Drink Sumptuously on 17,000-Ton Floating Cafe at Anchor Fifteen Miles off Fire Island" (TIME, Aug. 25, NATIONAL AFFAIRS). Other newspapers echoed the story 24 hours later, being careful to credit the Herald-Tribune with its origin. Many readers of these other newspapers felt that the credit had been given in sincere admiration for so great a "beat,"-credit where credit...