Word: live
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There will be no classes tomorrow because the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is going to celebrate the birthday of Christopher Columbus. The Commonwealth is not a very pretty place to have to live in these days, but be it ever so humble, Columbus had a hand in discovering...
...comes from a popular I.W.W. song, The Preacher and the Slaves: . . . Work and pray, live on hay, You'll get pie, in the sky, When you die- It's a lie! The song, written by Joe Hill (executed for murder in 1915) and sung to the tune of In the Sweet Bye and Bye, was intended to counteract Salvation Army propaganda, reflects orthodox radical agnosticism...
...fast, powerful aggregation from the hills beyond Cayuga's waters (for there, the song tells us, live 50,000 slightly crowded collegians) will enter the Stadium confident of overwhelming the Crimson in this, their one encounter for several years. Star-studded and bulky is Coach Snavely's team, admittedly ranking with Dartmouth as tops in eastern climes...
...School comedian started the evening going when he stepped to the platform and began to complain about his room in Hastings Hall. "I live at 51 Hastings," he said, "a room with adjoining towel. It's so small I have to go outside to change my mind, and, you know, we're so cramped that we've taught the dog to wag his tail up and down...
...spite of its poisonous title, "Hold That Coed," current offering of the Keith Memorial Theatre, surprises as a near-uproarious satire. There are frequent dull moments, particularly when Hollywood gives its standard expose of how college students live, but the most of the situations are either so ridiculous or so close to the truth that they compel laughter. Enough in itself is the wild-eyed performance of John Barrymore as Gabby Harrigan, the governor with the Communist thatch, who makes political promises solely in order to brighten the voters' lives with anticipation. Framework for the picture's satiric thrusts...