Word: babbittism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dodsworth" gives us Sinclair Lewis's most human story expertly dramatized by a first-rate cast. Sam Dodsworth, an American business man but not a Babbitt, marries a wife younger than himself who cannot accept middle age gracefully. Palled with her one kittenish escapade after another, Sam finally refuses to save Fran from her latest scrape, and leaves the attractive would-be girl...
Since Sinclair Lewis mentions. Rotary and Kiwanis by name in Babbitt, the "Boosters' Club," to which George F. Babbitt belonged, was apparently meant to be a local chapter of Lions International. The "Boosters" might also be taken for Civitans, another, though much smaller, businessmen's organization devoted to songs, luncheons, community service and mutual backscratching. General belief is that the Civitans take in those who cannot make the Lions; the Lions those who do not make Kiwanis; and Kiwanis those who fail to make Rotary, which is the spiritual father of them all. Last week Rotary assembled...
Those who made the trip were: Louis A. Babbitt, Jr. 2GB; Robert D. Brooks 2L; Hayden Channing, Jr. '37; George H. A. Clowes, Jr. '37; Gavin Hadden '38; John C. Harkness '38; Joseph P. Kennedy '38; Peter H. Knapp 3L; Robert H. Knapp '36; Field C. Leonard '36; David J. McDaniel 3L; Donald W. Meiklepohn 3G; Austin W. Scott, Jr. '37; Geoffrey L. Stagg 2G; and Edward F. Whitney...
...headed by Pepper Constable, football captain, who starred in the recent 22-8 victory over Long Island University. Shaun Kelly, Crimson grid leader, will be forced to stick to the side lines with a charley horse; the Harvard ruggers will be further handicapped by the loss of Kennedy, Babbitt, and Williams, who are on the injured list...
HARVARD N. Y. RUGBY CLUB Leonard, f f, Donald Simpson, w3/4 w3/4, Frendenthal Potter, c3/4 c3/4, Howland Kennedy, c3/4 c3/4, Holton Babbitt, w3/4 w3/4, Barris Mieklejohn, fly1/2 fly1/2, Duffus Fayette, s1/2, s1/2, Carey P. Knapp, f f, Miller Clowes, f f, Burney E. Whitney, f f, Fullerton R. Knapp, f f, Maloney McDaniel, f f, Mulcahy Williams, f f, Fraser Scott, f f, Wilbur Kelly, f f, Madden...