Word: clubmen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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While President of Princeton, Woodrow Wilson had proposed a "Quad Plan" similar to the Harvard-Yale House system, to control the "sideshow that is attempting to run the main tent." But clubmen, some of the faculty and the alumni, defending what was dear to them, defeated the Wilson plan, and he continued to be "president of a country club...
This ungrateful criticism is by no means a reflection on the cast, who really couldn't help themselves. They have placed themselves in the hands of a director who through ignorance violates the spirit of college theatricals. Their fellow clubmen have given them a fine score, good lyrics, a passable book and amusing stage sets; if they remind Mr. Lilley that he is not directing for Earl Carroll, they can make a good show out of it before it hits Boston. Even if they don't it will still be fair enough...
...full strength for the first time this season, the varsity squash team defeated the Harvard Club of Boston yesterday, 4-1. James A. Rousmaniere '40, playing number four, defeated Alvah W. Sullaway '38, of the Clubmen, three games...
...produced 17,121 lbs. of milk in the official 305-day test period, enough butterfat to outweigh herself by 20 lbs. Previous holder of the all-breed record was Aaltje Salo Hengerveld Segis 823991, a Vermont Holstein who produced 995.9 lbs. in the same time. Proud Jersey cattle-clubmen pointed out that the Holstein was milked four times a day; Lorna, three...
When a crowd of passengers on a burning ship jumps overboard, when schoolboys go calmly through a fire drill, when four clubmen stage a drinking spree, when a mob of strikers overturns police cars, social psychologists call it collective behavior. Its special attribute is that the behavior of one individual affects, and is affected by, the behavior of others. It is almost impossible for human beings to come within shouting distance of one another without manifesting collective behavior...