Word: knowingness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Incidentally, Mr. Ryan, besides knowing the King's English and Harvard's football, also knows his college spirit. Vide, for instance the following, taken from his account of the Penn game:
Take the famous Rinehart tradition, for instance. The sleepy Senior roused from his slumbers at midnight by the wailing echoes across the Yard wonders if there was ever a time when a Senior might put his head out of the window of a Yard dormitory and shout the magic word...
"The uncertainly as to the future of the Philippine Islands is worse than the decision of the United States government in the matter," he concluded. "The Filipinos, not knowing what the future holds for them, are unable to develop their own genius in government. If the United States wants to...
"... I am convinced some ulterior motive prompted the publication of The President's Daughter, which, even if true, is infamous. The whole thing is very much regretted by Mr. Harding's family and loyal friends, who cannot conceive of events alleged, knowing him as they did. . . .
¶ President Arthur H. Sapp of Rotary International was on hand. He reported on Modern Youth. "Modern youth," said President Sapp, "has neither hope of heaven nor fear of hell. He commits suicide as a part of his college course, and he and his sisters fly across the seas knowing...