Word: bespeak
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...student protest. Three members of this year's varsity, headed by the renowned "Albie" Booth, have joined with Coach Stevens in deploring the exposure of first-team men to the grave risk of lost games. They assert that Yale teams "have been winning teams for sixty years," and they bespeak tender solicitude for a "splendid record" and a "noble heritage." The Yale Daily News fears "the complete obliteration of Yale's athletic traditions." The Harvard CRIMSON and the Daily Dartmouth, on the other hand, support the Yale committee's proposals, an approval which, we fear, may not be construed...
...accordance with an American's concept of an Englishman's concept of an American college study. When we returned, Mr. Boyd-Carpenter found his couch surrounded by beer, gin, and whiskey bottles, the walls covered with choice excerpts from "Ballyhoo" and "College Humor." Mr. Boyd-Carpenter's conclusions bespeak the complete success of the "decor...