Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...shown great organizing ability in directing the immense chemistry laboratories. His researches had been marked, by the bold choice of first-rate problems. He has shown the same progressive tendencies in general policies (as President), and by an exceptional chance these qualities are combined with shrewd judgment and good humor...
...subject matter of any limerick to qualify must be "a character connected with Harvard or its surroundings." Entries will be judged not only by mere humor, but by appropriateness and propriety as well...
There must be no ill feeling, no matter how cleverly put, in the verse, although no names will be printed. Far-fetched rhymes are in place, especially if they add to the humor or the unity of the limerick, and two-word rhymes or the use of an extra-hard name will be given especial credit...
...good deed before they knock at the pearly gates, deciding to transform Mr. Young, America's foremost Babbit into America's number one play-boy. Combining the photographic tricks of "The Invisible Man" with a new freshness entirely its own, the film rates as tops in humor; the only adverse criticism is that perhaps "Topper" is a little too much of a good thing...
...heard tonight. When first performed in Boston in 1896, it encountered a most cold reception and phrases such as "a blood-curdling night-mare," "a musical obscenity," and "a noisy, nerve-destroying, heavy piece of work" were recklessly hurled at the composer. Since that time, the real humor in the piece has come to be more appreciated and the clever orchestration has made it a familiar concert vehicle...