Word: broadness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bearing the title, "Collegiate", the lone editorial in the current "Ladies' Home Journal" debates the question of indecency in college journalism. The editorial takes the form of a dialogue between Mr. Liberal Broad Esq. and The Retired Humorist, so that one cannot positively ascribe the views of either to the policy of the magazine. Mr. Liberal Broad puts up the trite defences used whenever the younger generation is attacked. The Retired Humorist replies a little more elaborately "the frequent actions of postal officials in forbidding these publications entry into the mails" and advocating "some wholesale expulsions" from the colleges...
...noteworthy that this debate proceeds upon a rather exaggerated assumption of the seriousness of the situation For the fictious opponent of the Retired Humorist, namely, Mr. Liberal Broad, does not, in this set debate, attempt to repute the allegation that college comics have "but two sources of inspiration, bootleg liquor and an unbridled sex motive". Nor does he object to the pernicious use on the adjective "freuent," applied to suppression by postal officials. He does not even suggest that postal officials are poor judges. Evidently Mr. Liberal Broad, does no., is a man of straw, capable only of trite generalization...
...Broad Jump...
...champion in the broad jump is due to be crowned today since Norton, last year's winner, did not qualify yesterday. The Eli star took two trial jumps and then was called to the starting line for the 220 and did not complete his quota of attempts. Mathias of Penn State was the winner with a leap of over 23 feet...
...with 37 points, Medford coming second with 21. The class B winner was Lawrence with Melrose as runner up. Many of the marks set in the class A competition give evidence of the quality of the athletes the meet attracts. The 220 was clocked in 23 seconds, and the broad and high jumps brought out 21 feet 1 1-2 inch and 5 feet 9 inch performers respectively...