Word: giver
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Christmas or any other time--it is necessary to show appreciation, and when to gifts are attached considerations, to neglect them would be folly. Thus, as one Wise Greek has long since pointed out, moderation is the part of wisdom. Now that the Hall has become blessed as a giver, the College is obsessed with the difficulty of receiving graciously. Freshmen, alas, have no other course but to refuse. In the hands of their elders lies the alternative of having present gifts withdrawn, or the promise of further Seasonal Compliments from their honors, the Deans...
...position to serve as law giver and mother to all incoming Harvard men, but perhaps now is the time for a word of advice and warning which has been learned from experience by every Harvard man. Too many Freshmen become completely lost after the first week and fall to keep aware of the fact that Harvard is essentially a place of education and not a proving ground for prep school ideas of Boston's social life. Too many find themselves slipping farther and farther behind as the result of failure to start at once in their college career. The line...
...score of Jews took up the cry. Jewish mothers clawed their way through the crowd, pried well-slobbered candy out of their children's mouths, turned on the candy-giver. The kindly woman saw a rim of angry faces, felt slaps, blows, kicks, cuffs, scratches. A conductor leaped off his tramcar, went to her rescue. The crowd mauled him thoroughly. Soon the cobbles rang with mounted police. The Jews fell back a little, screaming for the woman's arrest. The police took her and her candy to the police station, found both quite harmless...
Having received funds from an anonymous giver to be used for the creation of two Research Fellowships for 1934-35 for men who have already received the Doctor's degree, the Department of Physics has selected two men for this honor. Dr. Edward C. Stevenson, of Richmond, Virginia, and Arthur C. Frost, of San Francisco, have been chosen from 40 candidates...
Before he started south, the President vetoed the bill and his veto was instantly overridden (310-to-72) by the House (TIME, April 2). Last week was the Senate's turn to be an Indian-giver. In a reasonable, sweet-tempered veto message the President had promised still further restorations of pensions to veterans for the sake of preserving his New Deal principle. Said he: "What you and I are seeking is justice and fairness. . . . It goes without saying that I shall not hesitate to make further changes if the principles of justice demand them. . . . My disapproval of this...