Word: carded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the number is displayed, each member of the rooting section holds up the proper colored card just under his eyes and the entire section (if every Middie has carried out his assignment) presents a colored pictorial representation of some familiar face, scene, or some lively sentiment, calculated to arouse friendly feeling on the opposite side of the stadium...
This sudden surge of loyalty to Dick Harlow's squad is not explained entirely by their improved work the last two games. There is a baser reason than that. For it develops that the football fans are eager to see the famed Navy card stunts, the like of which hasn't been displayed in Soldiers Field within the memory of oldest observers...
...common way of passing the 15-minute interval between halves at Pacific Coast football classics, the card stunts are a comparative rarity in the East, and Navy boasts the most proficient set of colored card spinners cast of the Mississippi...
...rule is not desirable. As the Student Council stated, it should be revised and standardized. The lack of system in previous years was without doubt a contributory factor in the demand for stricter regulations. A plan that would be convenient and at the same time effective, like the Oxford card system, would meet with general approval. It is clear that some change is called for, and in formulating the new plan President Conant and the Masters would do well to take into their confidence a delegation from the student body which has every desire to smooth out the present difficulties...
...anonymous letters. Some of these the King's Proctor turns over to detectives. Some of their snooping turns up facts discreditable enough to impress the blase Proctor. When much impressed he drafts a report to the Attorney General and by a process often much like drawing a card at random from a pack, some of the King's Proctor's reports are acted...