Word: fashion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this is presuming upon the intelligence of the men at Harvard let it be said that as knowledge and education continue to advance so must the tenets of those educational institutions which foster learning. The primary function of a college is to turn out men educated in the best fashion that it can. There are some who feel that the best methods are those which put out many men with a standard of education which of necessity must be somewhat lower than that of the institution which graduates fewer students. Then there are those who feel that the best methods...
...under the impression that The Varying Shore, starring Elsie Ferguson more years ago than I remember, followed the present to past scheme of telling in much the same fashion...
Dunster House and Jackie Marshard's orchestra will be hosts to all cadets and students who would like to spend the hours between the game and the evening's entertainment in enjoyable fashion. A tea dance will be held in the House dining hall immediately after the game, and several members of of the House have arranged informal parties of 20 or more to be held in connection with the dance...
...Chicago last week an expensively gowned and highly perfumed audience crowded the Hotel Stevens ballroom to watch the annual St. Luke's Fashion Show. One hundred and eight young women, wives and daughters of Chicago's socially great, acted as models. The audience clapped appreciatively as Miss Josephine Templeton, in tweed, drove a golf ball into the gallery. Applause thundered forth as Mrs. Solomon B. Smith appeared in Mrs. J. Ogden Armour's own wedding gown...
...York the battle was more bitter. Posing for fashion shows, testimonials, photographs is a not inconsiderable source of income for debutantes and divorced duchesses. Amateurs and professionals alike are paid $10 an hour for posing, more when they allow their names to be used in advertisements. Since the debutantes' names are chiefly in demand they almost always get more. They are also allowed to buy the dresses they pose in at cost, a saving of at least 50%. For those too sensitive to accept cash, there are always handsome presents...