Word: mah
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mah-Jong was within 600 miles of the North Pole last summer, according to Donald McMillan, famous Arctic explorer, who in a recent interview declared that the Chinese game was the most popular on board his ship "Bowdoin", during the whole of its 15 months' cruise to the North...
...story which appeared in the CRIMSON yesterday, and which ran in several Boston papers, stating that several Chinese students at the University had earned money by teaching their fellow-students to play mah Jongg was found today to be erroneous. To date no cases of this have been reported...
Chinese students in the University have earned considerable money in the past two years by teaching their fellow students to play the game of Mah Jongg. So, at least, reads the report of the University secretary for student employment. And this is but one of the many ways in which a great many of the students make money during the college term, and during the summer and vacations...
...Mah-Jongg Nightmare" is the title of one of the newest popular songs on the market. Two Harvard undergraduates are its authors, N. H. Barker '27, and C. A. Brodeur '27. Brodeur composed the music, while Barker wrote the words. Brodeur and Barker are not only the authors of the song, but also the publishers, having formed the Barker-Brodeur Publishing Co., with offices in the Old South Building. The two Sophomores are hoping to have their production broadcasted by WNAC, the broadcasting department of the Shepard stores...
...Preus of Minnesota. "But Jake doesn't laugh at politics. He takes it as seriously as most people take mah jong; and he plays the game day and night. 'He's the best d? officeholder in the world,' one of his political opponents told me. He never leaves his desk until everything is cleaned up and in good shape. Then he'll go out and address 40 million picnics, and arrive at every one on time. When it comes to political meetings, Jake's a regular Paul Revere...