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...Three-hour Make-up Examinations in the following courses will be held at 2 o'clock in Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAKE-UP EXAMS | 10/1/1931 | See Source »

...whole the first half, dealing with botany (for which the student is not held responsible on the final exam) is considerably better conducted than the second half. Dr. Woodworth, the lecturer, attempts to anticipate and amplify the work of the weekly section meetings. These three-hour afternoon struggles against the soporific process of digestion are carefully planned; the facts gained from the plants studied are interpreted; several main ideas are driven home; and something approaching a comprehensive picture of the plant kingdom is obtained. Several films of rubber plantations and botanical gardens are thrown in to make the first half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Offers Seventh Annual Confidential Guide for Freshmen | 9/25/1931 | See Source »

...beaten in the second round, observers imagined that the shock would startle them into playing their best tennis, anticipated a brilliant international final. The shock had a different effect. In the quarterfinals. Vines & Gledhill lost to Clifford Sutter of New Orleans and Bruce Barnes of Austin, Tex., in a three-hour match, 4-6, 10-8, 10-12, 8-6, 6-3; John Van Ryn of East Orange, N. J. and Wilmer Allison of Austin, Tex. beat Perry & Hughes 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Rain delayed the play for three days. When the courts were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: National Doubles | 9/7/1931 | See Source »

...Place." In Utah last week there was another frontier show commemorating not broncos and steers but covered wagons and the arrival of Brigham Young with his 148 Mormon pioneers in Salt Lake valley in 1847. Under a searing sun which killed one man, dropped a score of others, a three-hour historical parade filed through the streets of Salt Lake City. Queen of the celebration was Margaret Young, 20, a great-great-granddaughter of old Brigham through the line of eldest sons.* On her float which won first prize in the parade, Miss Young, garbed all in white, represented "Miss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: Frontier Days | 8/3/1931 | See Source »

...hogging the show," of making all the addresses, bossing the itinerary. After the meal there was an open revolt. "Let's settle this thing right here in the city hall." cried one mayor. But calmer counsel prevailed and the mayors adjourned to Claridge's where at a three-hour secret session all jealousies and animosities were threshed. The result was appointment of a soviet of five members to control everything, apportion the speech-making and publicity. Remarked Mayor Baker later: "This party's like a regiment with only generals and no privates. But now everybody takes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Junketing Mayors | 6/8/1931 | See Source »

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