Word: come
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...written about, sometimes read. The price of the first editions has already jumped to $20 thanks to the efforts of Messrs. Phelps and Hansen, Mr. Wilder, we learn, is still holding down his academic post at Lawrenceville Academy. He has divulged the title of his new novel to come, "The Woman of Andros" and will sail for Europe early in July, obstensibly to write it, probably to get away from friends who want to know what it is all about. "Cabala" is enjoying a form of vicarious popularity, slightly posthumous...
...Finally, we come to the question of foreign policy. Here it is known (a) that on one occasion Smith persuaded the Democratic State convention in New York to adopt a World Court plank, though this was some years back, and (b) that in his reply to the Marshall letter, he said, regarding Mexico. "I recognize the right of no church to ask armed intervention by this country in the affairs of another country, merely for the defense of the rights of a church...
...even careful phrasing is soon garbled by the inferential methods of headline writers. By spreading thin the butter on their first loaf the Governing Board of the Union has rationalized the honor, and set a standard of importance for the awards that are to come...
...gifts to the University generaly come with a "Handle Carefully" tag attached to them. Weld Hall may need new plumbing badly; but the generous contributions are all labelled for a new professorial chair, for a rare edition of Shakespeare, for another set of squash courts. These are all worthy projects, and the gifts are received thankfully; still, though man does not live by bread alone, he does need bread; and the plebeian matters of hedge-trimming and board walks require money...
Training table represents a start in the athleticizing of the debaters. Uniforms more distinctive than Tuxedos should come next; perhaps the editors of the Lampoon would offer suggestions for delicate tones of color and graceful designs of robes. Scouts at other universities, larger and handsomer platforms, overemphasis, with squads of ambitious candidates going through their paces in every room in Sever, and English A sections changed to more debating practise: a gloomy outlook, but the unavoidable result unless the process thus initiated is checked. In the interests of already overworked sporting editors, the coaches should reconsider their decision, and call...