Word: applauders
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Furthermore, applauding at every lecture may be an unconscious factor in determining the intellectual approach of, the speaker, particularly if he be still plastic and progressive in spirit. The possibility that it may be harmful to the teacher should discredit its use. In addition the undergraduates themselves on some occasions would often not like to applaud, but feel it too great a rebuff not to do so. At other times it commences with one enthusiast and it is only participated in by others out of politeness. With all these things taken into consideration, it would seem best to discontinue this...
Unfortunately this latter type of fighting does not appeal to human nature. Ask a man whether he would rather see two boxers mix for the fun of it and applaud them in between rounds or watch two men maul each other in a fight and he would undoubtedly answer in the negative. The giving and taking of blows is more exciting than the mutual warding off of opponents gloves. It takes a real love for the sport and an interest in the men participating to appreciate boxing as conducted according to intercollegiate rules...
...matches are to consist of three two-minute rounds and an extra two minute period if no decision is reached, under the requirement of the Intercollegiate rules. Under these rules the referee has the power to disqualify a boxer if he is cheered or applauded by the spectators. The Harvard Athletic Association requests that students applaud only after the round is finished. The referee has complete powers of decision, there being no judges in these bouts...
Allow me to applaud your editorial position opposing military training as a part of a liberal education. Having been for four years an officer in such military organizations, I believe I can say that they have a very malicious effect on the mind of the student when it is in its formative stage, particularly in teaching the "inevitability of war." The student is taught to take war as a normal part of life: the efforts to rid the world of this scourge are seldom mentioned...
...played "straight," never consistently acted. Once Actor Cohan comes down to the footlights and soliloquizes to the effect that everyone in the world is an actor, that he alone is a spectator, that some day he will meet the Great Author. Spectators take this to be in dead earnest, applaud loudly. Sole orthodox comic part is played by Joseph Allen in the role he created: the puzzled hired man who always manages to get on the scene just after some calamity has occurred, exclaiming, "What's all the shooting...