Word: hens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lord of the British Admiralty in which he said: 'It was a damned fine old hen that hatched the American eagle...
...headliner", of course, was Saint-Saens' widely heralded "Carnaval des Animaux", strangely enough it fulfilled, even exceeded the high expectations of its hearers. With such economy of means, with never a descent to mere noise, with real beauty, Saint-Saens skips from hen's cackle to donkey's bray, from pianists; technical studies to carping critics' chatter; a masterful piece cl work, and eloquently played. From double-bass to flute the orchestra was superb, Mr. Bedetti, as usual, standing out as a supreme artist. May we not hear their fine sketches again this year...
...that implies. The same thing is demanded of the Junior and Sophomore Officers in the University. Some authority must be vested somewhere. A class without officers of some kind is like the fraternal order mentioned above, without the Great Incohee and the rest. It is as helpless as a hen without a head...
During the playing of football songs, a few people started to sing; but the scattered attempts failed. When a university has as fine a collection of songs as Harvard has and when excellent music is provided, why not sing? But disorganized singing is as ineffectual as a hen without a head; it gets nowhere. Reflecting what was clearly the sentiment of the cheering section, we repeat what someone shouted at Saturday's game "Bring on a song-leader...
...satisfaction in finding here the realization of many of his most impractical dreams, and genial and often pointed scoffing at the more obvious foibles of one of the chief ornaments of our newsstands. Whether the devoted reader of "Popular Mechanics" who has for years compounded folding beds out of hen houses by following the directions in his favorite periodical, will be equally content, is another question, but surely in the intervals of his labors he may enjoy the full tide of Lampoon punning, alliteration, and nonsense. Nonsense it is, of course, but of the sort that might beneficially be made...