Word: attraction
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...says he, is "to substitute some other sport for football that will bring just as much revenue into the college chest while not exacting the toll in young lives and lowered college ideals. . . . The substitute must provide at least three things: it must be a great spectacle which will attract crowds of paying sightseers, it must invoke at least the semblance of college rivalry, and it must be so ordered that graduates and undergraduates can easily bet their money on the result...
...With a procession, band concert and speeches was dedicated a commemorative plaque on University Hall. To all the guests were distributed facsimile copies of the old Providence Gazette & Country Journal. In the Brown Daily Herald next day was a startling editorial footnote to the affair: "Such an event would attract nationwide attention if it had occurred at Harvard, Yale, or other Eastern colleges. Why should these universities gain such favorable publicity while Brown lacks it? . . . Establish an effective publicity bureau with a full-time director...
...modern form of Winter Carnival is something of which Dartmouth has always been proud. It has become more established with the years until it is now a permanent feature of winter activity in Hanover. It attracts hundreds of visitors yearly, so a short explanation of its main highlights may attract a few more...
After the formal opening of the Carnival, many different features vie with each other to attract the visitor's attention. The Dartmouth Players present their mid-winter attraction, and fraternity dances are held, climaxed on the last evening with the Carnival Hall. During the day athletic contests take place, not only winter sports but also varsity swimming and basketball...
...effort to attract sympathy to his cause last week, King Carol let it be known that a "mysterious and unknown assassin" had been caught in his private car. By the week's end he had other troubles. In a crisis brought on by a League of Nations' proposal to appoint a financial controller for Rumania, the Rumanian Cabinet resigned...