Thwing
Americannoun
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Charles Franklin Thwing, famed President Emeritus of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, reviewed the year in higher education: The selection of teachers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes, as President Emeritus Charles F. Thwing of Western Reserve University had written in the New York Times, an outstanding phenomenon everywhere during 1925-26 was the increasing power—or at least, increased self-assertiveness— of the undergraduates.
From Time Magazine Archive
Patriarchal Dr. Thwing, in discussing college presidents, has made a reference implying that Dr. Lowell's review of a college year would consist chiefly in totting up additions to the endowment fund.
From Time Magazine Archive
Money talks," said Mr. Thwing, "and so do you.
From Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks by Pidgin, Charles Felton
Midshipmen Monteath, Graham, Williamson, Platt, Thwing, and Acting-Midshipman Baldwin all behaved well, and gave evidence of their making valuable officers.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand
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