Word: joying
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...happier creature than the Southern negro of the old type does not exist Carefree, without a thought of the morrow, his is the perfect joy of the eternal child. Yet his inefficiency as a workman defies all comparison. One never hears of a negro committing suicide. "But taint strange, Boss," says Rastus. "When a nigger gits into trouble, and starts thinkin, he just naturally goes to sleep." His childish joy is the product of a mind that does not function...
Should the score ever be forgotten by newer generations, one memory will always persist: the chivalrous manner in which the Princeton men expressed their joy. Their regard for the shattered hopes of thousands of Crimson supporters will do more than any other single event of the past few years to cement the growing friendliness between the two universities...
Garrulous Mother Coe is elated with his improvement, which manifests itself in a regained appetite. Her joy is short-lived, however, for she hears from the hairdresser that "that dangerous woman" is stopping at Bar Harbor, the very next town. As Miss Coe puts it, "she revisits the spot as a criminal revisits the scene of her crimes". A tense War of the Roses follows, but Tony gets "a cold chill" by visiting the widow. The "fire of youth" is turned to "true love", Mother Mason attaches herself to the Professor, and "The Other Rose" at last has her "romance...
...referred to it as a "great and solemn referendum". The average voter, whoever he may be, looks on it as a recognition of his own importance. The cynic may think it a waste of good time and money, but the patriot leaps to the ballot box with an unholy joy shining...
...Yale University team started preparations for the Army game without Captain Love joy and Bench, the quarterback. They were both in street clothes at practice due to muscle bruises which developed this morning. It is expected, however, that both will be back on the field tomorrow or Wednesday. In the meantime Burt took center and Bunnell quarterback...