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Sixty-one years ago in Cincinnati eleven Negroes who called themselves the "Colored Christian Singers" shambled onto the platform of the old Vine Street Congregational Church. All eleven had been slaves, eaten hominy and bacon breakfasts in rude, smoky cabins, worked all day in cottonfields, sung spirituals in the light of the moon around their cabin doors. But they sang no spirituals that night in Cincinnati. Spirituals were slave songs. Accordingly they sang orthodox hymns and temperance pieces which made less impression on the audience than the rusty, ill-fitting suits the men wore and the women's dresses...
Still glowing from his warm reception. Farmer Campbell described the Soviet President, Comrade Kalinin, as "a fine gentleman." doubtless unaware that "gentleman" is a fighting word among Reds. Gratefully he recalled "one of the finest dinners we had ever eaten, including several different kinds of wine. The other guests at the table were amazed that Mrs. Campbell and I did not drink and teased us a great deal about Prohibition in the United States. . . . Before the evening was over we had a typical Russian sleigh ride through the thick dark forests. Mrs. Kalinin took me with her, while the rest...
...Odysseus return to his native island of Ithaca and his faithful wife Penelope who, besieged by unruly suitors, still hoped for his coming. Because they had killed and eaten the sacred oxen of the Sun, all his ship's men perished on the way. But Odysseus finally got there, straightened up his house, convinced his wife it was really he behind the wanderer's rags...
...couldn't be expected that meat could be served at every meal, the students, therefore, frequently saved some of their meat and with a Cork jammed it against the under side of the table to help out a breakfast the following morning. The food that was not eaten or could not be eaten was shared by a number of pigs, whose sties were near the rear of the dining hall...
...awards, which they may win. In addition to using the name Phillips Brooks House as a sort of legalizing machine, the commuters will still have the use of a room in the building itself, where for the last few years they have gathered in their free time, and have eaten their lunches. The resolution passed yesterday had been up for discussion four times previously, once this fall, and three times last spring. Prior to its final passage by the inter-House Athletic Committee, the bill had been approved by both the masters of the various Houses and the Phillips Brooks...