Word: hens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...raised it by holding humorous mock trials in which the legal chums and such pupils as square-jibbed, religious Branch Rickey, vice president of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, debated such subjects as "To bob or not to bob" (when bobbed-hair was a grave matter); "Resolved, the hen is flightier than the Ford," etc. These debates were considered so funny that the group toured Missouri for years, the spontaneously funny McDaniel roaring at his own gags; grave, reserved Donnell making his points with a lemony smile. When Donnell became Inspector-General of the Scottish Rite lodge, McDaniel eulogized...
Among the 1,000 Army pigeons in the Fort Monmouth lofts, Gimpy is as monogamous as the next old soldier. His mate is a three-year-old hen named Matilda. He ran her out of his nest four times before they settled down. Today, like any suburban pigeon, he sits on the eggs six hours a day while Matilda gets a rest...
...little clusters, or feeding the grey squirre. All seemed to be waiting for something important to happen. One group where a white-haired man with blazing eyes was listening intently to a gesticulating Negro particularly caught Vag's attention. The colored fellow's eyes bulged out like white hen's eggs as his face expressed his awe at what he was describing. Vag asked a bystander who the white-haired gentleman was and received the reply, "Cotton Mather, Harvard's next President--worse luck." That was very puzzling, for Vag was as sure that James B. Conant was still President...
Professor Leach warmed up the experts by showing them the value, rare beauty and surprising number of prizes including a 500 pound dumbbell, a spangled hat, four encyclopedias, a happy hen and a raspberry. He reserved the right to withhold the prizes if the board failed to exhibit the necessary knowledge...
Dean Landis was awarded by popular acclaim the prize for effort; Professor Griswold received the strainer for being under the most strain for the evening. For knifing the interlocutor, William Hardee received the dagger and Mrs. Maguire got the happy wooden hen. The grand prizes, sets of the most popular encyclopedia, the World almanac, went to Judge Magruder, Professor Griswold, John Richardson, and Mrs. Follansbee