Word: made
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Yale men have given up the sordid practice of living in sorority houses, according to a recent interview appearing in the columns of the unimpeachable Lamar (Missouri) Democrat with a local girl who has made good--Miss Zula Williams, "one of the dietitians at the great university of Yale...
...sophomores during the coming aquatic season. Just how capably these men can carry the burden about to be thrust at them in a 13 meet schedule is doubtful for the time being. So far, the second-year group can be judged only by last year's performances, which were made none too striking and by the spirit shown during practice mansions this fall. Time trials have been few. The spirit has been encouraging...
...have been flashed on the public screen where student activities were suppressed by academic authorities without very convincing reason. But on the other hand this does not prove that a prairie fire of academic reaction is roaring down upon American colleges. Least of all down upon Harvard, where authorities made a silly mistake in the Browder case and otherwise have given every indication of wishing to toe the straight liberal line in affairs academic...
...crimes, and the result is a gruesome nightmare of sudden death with but few elements of constructive drama. Basil Rathbone, as the king, happily avoids overacting and creates a reasonably credible character; but the script and the direction are against him. That amiable Englishman, Boris Karloff, is made the center of interest, and the results are as expected. Costumed settings and a capable supporting cast strive valiantly, and occasionally succeed in raising the level of the picture to that of historical drama; but the whole is tasteful only to those whose hearts still throb at the sight of flowing blood...
...these forces are has become apparent through recent developments in England. In that country, Liberals, Laborites, and left-wing Conservatives have in the past month brought a demand for world federalism into the august halls of Parliament. In pushing the government to make constructive plans for peace, they have made it clear that they feel the first step must be a renunciation of much of England's national sovereignty and empire. On December 5, last Tuesday, Lord Halifax rose in Commons to quash their proposals: "We only court disaster if we forget that no paper plan will endure that does...