Word: collarses
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On the S. S. Olympic in Southampton, England, last week, carpenters went to work on a bunk. They tore out the end of it, made it much longer. They put a row of thick struts under it to make it bear twice a normal sleeper's weight. The White...
From years of relative isolation from other student bodies, a system of slang is unique to the Corps. For example, the word "soiree" is used as a noun to mean an unpleasant task, and as a verb to mean "to inconvenience." It started back in the dim ages when officers...
When Erich von Stroheim first turned up in Hollywood, a polite, conceited fellow in high collars and without hair, he gained attention over other European adventurers looking for a fortune in the movies because he knew something about military etiquette. He had been to a cadet school in Austria, had...
Suits. Much in evidence, mannish, some times sleekly furred. Their jackets favor fingertip lengths, have revers and collars. Many have no buttons. The blouses carry over from the summer, have no sleeves.
Judging from the front pages of various Sunday prints it would seem that at least one engineer has felt and keenly resented the often heard references to greasy hands and awkward monkey wrenches. At least he is determined that the younger generation shall not follow in these same steps and...