Word: goldfish
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Taken up on an ill-considered boast. Lothrop Withington '42 is faced with the prospect of downing a live goldfish in the Union at 6:30 o'clock tonight. Three freshman friends of Withington not believing it possible have offered him $10 for the feat and tickets will be sold to pay for tomorrow's show...
Questioned on the technique of eating goldfish, Withington put forward two main theories: immediate mastication which provides for the best general digestive results, or a decisive gulp which has the virtue of getting the fish down. But for the latter system Leafy warned provision must be made to kill the fish once in the stomach, best done by some strong beverage, such as lead...
...James Roosevelt got an offer good enough to accept from Film Producer Sam Goldwyn (real name: Goldfish), became a Goldwyn vice president obviously for his political protective value...
Local wits, standing in mud puddles at the foot of the steps, had a field day. The rumor spread that Barnes had found a goldfish in each pocket, but was not substantiated...
...after a grim fight for proxy control. Chairman Childs was forced out and General Counsel William A. Barber took his place. He and a new president, William Porter Allen, modernized both Childs restaurants and Childs food. White tiles yielded to Puritan, even to Moorish decorations with dance orchestras and goldfish ponds. Meat returned to the menu and instead of vegetarian dogma Childs sponsored a noisy campaign to "Eat all you can for 60?." After an unsuccessful trial this also was dropped like a hot pancake. Really successful, however, was tie next major change, a change which has put dollars into...