Word: extinct
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fashioned girl", with all that she stands for in sweetness, modesty, and innocence, in danger of becoming extinct? Or was she really no better nor worse than the "up-to-date" girl -- who, in turn, will become "the old-fashioned" girl to a later generation. . . . The Hobart College Herald sums up the arguments of many of the attacks in this thoughtful fashion; "The outstanding objection to the modern dance is that it is immodest and lacking in grace. It is not based on a natural and harmless instinct for rhythm, but on a craving for abnormal excitement". The Dartmouth Jack...