Word: humor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With savage humor the Soviet news organ Besbozhnik (The Atheist) informed the sovereign proletariat of Moscow, last week, that Death had come to "BullNecked Alex's Old Woman...
...times on a piece of paper subsequently to be handed to the dean. Yet this is the current quotation of the penalty attendant on this indiscretion, and rises of from five hundred to several thousand points are to be be looked for if the Freshmen capture the sense of humor which their proctors seem to have lost. With this report in mind it is not surprising to learn that the proctors of Smith Hall have decided that at least one of their number must be constantly on hand to quell any disturbance which may arise within the quadrangle...
Colonial at 8.10-"Americana". A spotty revue, with dubious humor and occasional good tunes...
Possibly certain earnest souls who take their politics as seriously as they do their humor will regret this lack of respect, will lament the thought that "the automobile and frigidaire companies dicate American politics, no matter who takes the trout-fishing trips." But on the other hand there is a certain admirable insouciance in the attitude, not wholly unrelated to that of Nero's fiddle-act, nor to the carefree independence of the man who fell asleep during Smith's inaugural address. And it will be a crusty gentleman indeed who cannot smile at the "Whispering Campaign" or "The Little...
...been suggested, the charm of the book lies largely in author's pleasant narrative style, his genial humor, and the thin veil of sentiment in evidence. His descriptions of Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians are features of the work which is probably a great deal more profitable reading than most contemporaneous novels...