Word: countering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which springs up in the small college, is perhaps the most important contribution of the college to the world, and it must almost inevitably be lost when each additional student becomes no more than a member of the undergraduate body who absorbs such knowledge as is passed over the counter to him. The personal relationship is a vital one, and one not to be too carelessly ignored or discarded...
...remain open daily, except Christmas Day, from 2 until 10 P. M.; the Billiard Room from 11 A. M. until 9 P. M., except Christmas and New Year's! and the Barber Shop will render service as usual. Cigarettes and candy will be founds as always at the counter. A convention and two special dinners are to take place in the Union during the vacation and other special functions, or the use of particular rooms for such, may be arranged for at the manager's office...
...never come to consider the Union as something really close to the student body. In several ways this distinction is manifest, but most notable is the rule that ordinary members cannot cash checks at the newsstand there--unless, indeed, he happens to "stand in" with the man behind the counter. When favoritism is added to the system of making the less favored members feel like strangers, the Union becomes quite the opposite of an all-inclusive club...
During the war General Fayolle was conspicuous for his organization of Allied artillery fire. He was responsible for the perfected form of the "curtain of fire," or barrage put down by heavy guns immediately in advance of attacking infantry. The development of "counter-batteries," which, together with the barrage, destroyed enemy heavy guns before an attack, was his special achievement...
...company is notable. Claudia Coleman got an ovation at the end of her impersonations of such feminine types as are to be met with in the average women's club and those which are to be found at times in a hotel lobby or behind a music store counter. With the aid of a few hats and an exceptionally expressive face she makes her characters live. Bert Melrose, "international clown," has the distinction of making people shrlek with laughter--he lived up to his reputation yesterday. The Clinton sisters did some good interpretative costume dancing; Ed Morton sang...