Word: act
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sick and tired of having to share golf clubs with rude men, men with fat stomachs and dirty cigars, dirtier language, boasting, conceit, overbearing attitude on the course when they drive right into women who are playing and treat us like lepers. They cannot hit decent shots or act decently. Half the time they are drunk while playing and debauch the little caddies with their stories and actions. It is to get away from all that kind of thing that the Chicago women are having their own club, I'm certain. Wearing knickers has nothing whatever to do with...
...Russell, associate general superintendent of the League; Asariah D. Myroot, in 1893 and at present librarian of Oberlin College; J. T. Henderson, president of Oberlin College; Andrew C. Comings, bookseller; Rev. Henry Tenney of Webster Grove, Mo. They adopted resolutions giving thanks for the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act, called upon the U. S. people to demand stricter enforcement of them, to resist any attempt at their repeal or nullification. This time their proceedings aroused few smiles or sneers...
...meet is scheduled to start at 2 o'clock and will be run off, regardless of weather conditions. S. deJ. Osborne '26, manager of last year's University track team, will referee the meet and H. W. Carle '23, assistant Graduate Treasurer of the H. A. A., will act as Marshal. R. C. Floyd '10, former track manager, will serve as clerk of the course...
These protests come as the result of the appointment of the committee of three by Governor Fuller, which he has asked to act as a sort of advisory board in his investigation of the Sacco-Vanzetti case. The commission, however, is to sit independent of the Governor, who will continue his own study of the case as before. The members of the newly appointed committee will conduct their investigation in whatever way they see fit and probably will not hold any public hearings...
...will act as active ball bearers are T. J. Campbell '12, H. W. Clark, Sidney Curtis '05, R. T. Fisher '98, C. F. Getchell and Mathew Luce '91, L. F. Daley '27 will be head usher and will be assisted by the captains and managers of five major sports teams...