Word: inking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Tobacco, its joys and sorrows, has caused much spilling of ink serious and otherwise, from the time of Raleigh, Jonson and the first James to the ever-existing present. Accordingly we should be willing to let the topic rest there, as last handled all too competently by Barrie, and not attempt to break forcibly into the literary roll of fame. Yet the old adage, "autre temps, autre moeurs", still holds good--and the custom of letting our betters have a free field in "Tobacco" must be for once forgotten under the pressure of the latest news from Russia...
...becoming used to the existence of dishonesty and inbred lack of any sense of fair play. In fact, the stealing of books has been going on for so long that it has hardly any effect any longer --except for a slight pinch during examination periods. And so much ink has been spilled over the question that it seems useless to discuss it any further. When things reach such a stage, editorials, individual professors, and the members of the Library staff can do nothing. Even the recommendation of the Student Council that the names of all book-stealers be posted publicly...
...crowd of some 3,000 persons saw the great CRIMSON hitting test in the fifth inning when six homers completely broke the few remaining spirits of Lampy. The red ink battery was composed of Whidden and Lamont; the larksters' of Bob and Baldwin. Wheeler at first starred for Lampy with some of the tightest fielding seen this year in baseball circles...
...batteries have not been picked as yet, but it is reported that several prominent members of both publications went into severe training last night. The game itself will be preceded by a circus parade on the part of the lampoon, starting at 3.30. It is rumored that ink will flow freely during the afternoon...
...recent writer in the "North American Review", sees fit to ask "How great are We Americans"? Great, that is, in artistic or literary fame. Evidently forty-million-word efforts, prodigious though they be, are not accounted sufficient of themselves. There must be something more than a deal of ink and the ability to spin a yarn. Who was it that called genius "an infinite capacity for taking pains...