Word: bans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Doubtless there is regret at relinquishing such a convenience as one's own car, but in general it appears that the wisdom of the auto ban is recognized. It is likely that considerable desultory week-ending and cruising has has been thereby eliminated, and a potential cause of deaths has been greatly curbed. The number of colleges which have adopted such a ruling since Princeton's action gives to it a popular acceptance. --The Daily Princetonian...
Ralph Barton Perry, professor of Philosophy, when queried as to his position with relation to the recent ban placed on "Strange Interlude" in Boston, made the following statement to a CRIMSON reporter...
Professor Perry was one of the 50 members of the Harvard faculty who signed the petition protesting the Boston ban and indorsing the presentation of the Eugene O'Neill play in Quincy. In addition to the faculty members, about 500 graduates and undergraduates of the University signed...
Mlle. Keila, the daughter of an eminent sculptor in New York, also expressed her disapproval of Boston audiences. "I don't like them," she said, "because, I suppose, they don't like me. I guess I'm too bold for them." Coming on the heels of the Mayor's ban on "Strange Interlude," this announcement on the part of an actress seems logical. An exhibition of her ability to move her eyes in a meaningful manner accompanied this statement as a sample of her "boldness...
...they made arrangements to do so it would be with results only detrimental to themselves. Professional sports have a useful role to play in supplying entertainment not otherwise available to many and it would be fatally short-sighted on the part of their leaders to put a ban on one of the most effective means of publicity they possess...