Word: loyall
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rebels' dismay most of the Army and all the Navy stayed loyal to President Grau and Emperor Batista. Four field guns were unlimbered, trained on the fort. The first few shells were completely wild, either kicking up dirt harmlessly below the fort or shrieking off into Havana's residential district thousands of yards beyond with most embarrassing results. But soon they dropped shell after shell into the fort. With cannon, anti-aircraft and machine guns the rebels replied, scored their greatest success by smashing a field gun on Burro Hill, mile and a half away, with two shots...
...suppose the average undergraduate realizes or cares about the feelings of disgust which fill the minds of loyal Harvard graduates as they see these riot scenes around the goal posts after football games. At any rate, I trust that if the Harvard Tennis Team defeats Yale at New Haven they will not consider it proper to tear up the nets and posts and bring them home. Arthur W. Blakemore...
Perhaps your worthy publication has been deluged with protests from loyal Nebraskans to the effect that we do not have the "Quivers" out here. I refer to your statement on p. 49 ot your Oct. 16 publication in which you state that our King Ak-sar-ben and his Gracious Consort were crowned in the "Royal Castle of Quivers." Since we Nebraskans leave all of the "quivering" to Californians, may I inform you that it is the "Royal Castle of Quivera!" One thing you may be sure of-there is nothing "quivering" in the enthusiasm of this particular Nebraskan...
...every loyal Californian knows, everything in California grows to an unusual size. Apparently this magnification is an old Spanish custom or perhaps resides in the nature of the country. California was an old land long before the Americans came, its early history already misty with crepuscular legend. The Journey of the Flame, a book of vigorous old man's talk, full of stout-hearted miracles and boasting, is like a suddenly-discovered window into that earlier age. Not only Californians but anyone wise or lucky enough to read it will delight in this altogether dignified but occasionally joyously incredible...
...rowing atmosphere is excellent and might well be copied in other sports at Harvard. Then throw open the gates that those entitled to, may walk in. Who are those who are most entitled to walk in?--the loyal graduates and undergraduates of Harvard University. Tom Stevenson...