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...ourselves 'Now we will spend so much on a moving picture.' We say, 'We will make the best that is in us. We will dream over it, we will toil over it, and if we put our hearts into it we will make something that will entertain and inspire the American public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joy v. Monopoly | 11/17/1930 | See Source »

...epicure but no fussbudget. Dr. Browne likes to entertain, likes his guests to enjoy themselves. But people who eat and drink too much or who cannot distinguish good food from fodder annoy him. He has threatened to give two of his friends a dinner consisting entirely of hot dogs, thinks they will notice nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Near-Masterpiece-- | 11/10/1930 | See Source »

...occasion like today's football game illustrates the desirability of modifying the present code so that two or three students might informally entertain. In their rooms for luncheon or tea without a chaperon. That there are valid objections to such change is doubtful, since similiar entertainment has been successful in such representative American universities as Yale and Princeton, and in conservative Oxford and Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COME INTO MY PARLOR | 11/8/1930 | See Source »

...CRIMSON in its own examination of the subject has formulated a tentative plan. According to this proposal, the various houses would be tuthorized to establish days when the residents could entertain as outlined above. These days might be once a week, once a month, whenever the occasion seems to be suitable. The organization of the House Plan permits what the old dormitory system did not; all gates but one may be closed and unattended guests excluded; private baths eliminate the danger of meeting half dressed men coming from the showers; house responsibility with tutors sharing in the life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COME INTO MY PARLOR | 11/8/1930 | See Source »

...amusing features of the training table at Dartmouth is the traditional requirement that each new man upon being assigned to the table shall entertain the others for at least five minutes. The entertainment is always provided after the evening meal. The initiate is usually very nervous as he stands up to address his teammates and is greeted with an awe-inspiring silence. As soon as he starts to speak, however, the situation is changed. Hank Barber will yell across the room to ask Shep Wolff if he is going to the show, Bromberg and Johnson will discuss their economics assignments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big Green Training Table is Important Factor for Players | 10/24/1930 | See Source »

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