Word: carly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...since high school men being more studious have less time for joy riding. It is in the prep schools that athletics are compulsory and it is from there that most of Harvard's great athletes come. You will find, therefore, that the prep school man who now sports a car around Cambridge not only went out for athletics at school but was, perhaps, a very brilliant athlete. What reason have we to suppose that because he buys a car at college, his legs shrink to the size of spindles, while the proportions of his chest are reduced to concavity...
There is a city ordinance which specifically states that no car may be parked on the streets of Cambridge for any length of time greater than two or three hours, day or night, unless the owner has obtained a permit to park from the City Hall. These permits are practically impossible to obtain...
...Detroit factory shed. Promoters are already planning air lines and quarreling over passenger and freight rates. Not only the numerous automobile interest there, but bankers and even the municipal Government are interested in the new movement. Particularly active in it have been Edsel Ford, the Hudson Motor Car Co. and the Packard Motor Car...
...Car loadings hold up very well and, owing to rural prosperity, promise to continue so when Eastward-bound grain cars return West loaded with merchandise...
...University authorities undoubtedly have good reasons for enforcing this rule against parking. However, the only one which I can think of is their desire to decrease the risk of fire. Nevertheless, this does not seem to entirely justify their actions. A car parked between Langdell and Walter Hastings would not materially increase the risk of any of the surrounding buildings being burned. Why couldn't this space and that in front of Gore Hall be set aside for use." A nominal fee could be charged to cover any necessary expense. The University has begun to save students money...