Word: drawings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...plays and another six: or of two courses in Roman Satire one, may include about twice as much as the other. Therefore, when one discovers that Princeton has 12 courses in Greek, Dartmouth 10, Yale 9, Cornell 8, Columbia 7, Williams 6, and Harvard 5, it is hard to draw any sound conclusions from this information. The weakness of Harvard in this line is, however, unmistakable--and rather curious considering that to the man in the street Harvard is synonymous with all that is highbrow. And yet here Harvard has a gigantic new Business School, and less courses in Greek...
...citizens. It was an off-year election, mostly of mayors, sheriffs and other large frogs in small puddles. Two States, however, elected new Governors. Three elected U. S. Representatives. Here and there were statewide issues- constitutional amendments, laws, bond issues. From such results, political pundits made halfhearted attempts to draw large deductions. These deductions had to be colored highly by partisanship to become visible. G. O. Pundits said in effect: "The elections of three Republican U. S. Representatives, of many a Republican mayor, and, in Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith's New York, of many a Republican Assemblyman, indicate Republican...
...laid, amid great weeping and hysteria, in its last resting place. At the same time what purported to be the true report of the manner of his capture and death was circulated. Surrounded by the troops of General Jose Gonzales Escobar, General Gomez, making a futile effort to draw his gun, fell on the slippery ground. Seeing that his game was up, he surrendered, and, fearing that he was about to be summarily shot, begged for his life, offering to take any punishment other than death...
...Crimson's aspiring journalists were sent forth on their quest with explicit instructions as to how to draw the desired information from the Eli graduates scattered throughout the Law, Business, and other graduate schools. In order to prevent possible complications they were to ask but one question, "What's wrong with Harvard", and to take down the answer verbatim. Only accredited Yale alumni were to be approached and short, pithy replies were to be encouraged...
...even the cold need of culture dashed on the fire of curiosity can only make a sizzling noise. The fire burns just the same, giving glow enough to draw a sparkle from the jewel most of us are too weak, too pale to wear...