Word: cigars
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...song and story, and become merely an emblem of duty, coldly disregarded by genius and fool alike? What of the cigarette, the forbidden fruit--and so the more delightful--of school days, the mental enemy and physical friend of college years? What will be the end of the cigar--the vicious Invincible without which no Oral Examination is complete--the mild, light brown ten-centers, not to consume one of which is to admit of a still-undeveloped manhood? The gods of incense forfend that they should all descend to the level of the yeast cake that one is supposed...
...today its chief result is the summoning of the S. P. C. A. "Trick" advertising is rapidly becoming obsolete. The day of the sandwich man is gone; the dropping of samples from balloons, the band-wagon sign-board, the costumed buffoon wandering the streets--all are passing, with the cigar-store Indian and the druggist's colored jars. Even the blatant bill-boards and flashy electric signs that have marked the last decade seem to be taking on a greater restraint and simplicity...
...Union cigar stand this year has been put in charge of Adolphus Terry, former clerk in the college office, who has left the staff at University Hall...
...town-and picking-up-a-little-on the curb," more briefly, "Bucking the Curb." Never has there been a more delightful innovation. The equipment is very little-a little money, and the ability to say "Buy" or "Sell." One other requisite seems to be a rather large, rather black cigar, and the ability to tilt it heavenward at a precarious and important angle. These, coupled with a slight frown on the brow which shields mighty thoughts, and our undergraduate Napoleon of Finance is ready for the fray...