Word: marathonic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Professor Albert Moeil of Berlin, who says that marathon dancing is a form of " mass hysteria," anim-adverts thus: "Such mass hysteria occurs periodically. The present dance marathon is comparable to the dance mania in the middle ages which was followed by flagellantism- monks and others whipping themselves as penitents...
...called marathon dancing was handed another bouquet when the French Dancing Federation announced that hard-boiled shirts and evening dress would be de rigeur from 8 P. M. to 6 A. M. during the six-day contest now taking place in Paris. In the daytime soft shirts and soft white collars are prescribed...
Cornell athletes have dropped dancing. Alarmed lest marathon jazz would become an intercollegiate sport, the athletic authorities at Ithaca solemnly decreed that no undergraduate trying for a team could put his foot on the ball room floor. Among the co-eds is expected a sharp decline in athletic interest...
Without insisting as much as the older writers did on the moral value of History, it may still be said that Marathon and Thermopylae, Pym and Hampden, the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man will never leave us cold; and that everyone, as Frederic Harrison pointed out, is likely to be the better for knowing something of that science which "teaches us of the advance of human progress, tells us of some of those mighty spirits who have left their mark on all time, shows us the nations of the earth woven together...
...five mile race was one of the most interesting of the day. There were at least 20 entrants, among whom were many marathon stars. The race was won by F. Fowler of the B. A. A. with a time of 27 minutes. Fowler is the national 5 and 10-mile champion and was a member of the Olympic team. He ran a very pretty race against a stiff handicap. Captain Bemis of the cross-country team won third place, with Raycroft and H. C. Pratt '23 in fourth and fifth places respectively. The University men ran sterling races and except...