Word: maye
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Talking motion pictures which threaten to revolutionize so decidedly the stage and screen, will also be the instrument of making English the international language, according to the recent statement of a British film magnate. English as the practical successor to Esperanto may appear a visionary prospect until one considers the influence of the talkies in the far and near sections of the world. The younger set in the Fiji Islands, for example, are certain to become vitally interested in English upon beholding the magic of the silver screen and listening to the soft charm of the Hollywood talkies' silver tongue...
Loss of the student committee leaves the Freshmen with numerous sources of sound advice on the subject of a field of concentration. Besides the services of their faculty advisors and the department heads, the men may still consult their student advisors informally. In addition, Freshmen will receive a pamphlet of reprints from articles appearing in the CRIMSON which discusses the departments of concentration and provides the electing student a comprehensive view of the fields from which he must make his choice. Further assistance seems not only unnecessary, but a tempting prop to the occasional man who would make his decision...
Under present arrangements, Freshmen are to receive advice on concentration, not only from their particular Faculty adviser but also from other faculty members, representing the various divisions, to whom they may go for any information desired. In addition to this, the matter will be outlined in a general way by President Lowell, R.M. Eaton '17, and Delmar Leighton '19, speaking before the Freshmen next Thursday...
...among the most unusual features of the tribal life. All a man has to do to obtain a wife is to present her parents with enough goats. The number of his wives is limited only by his wealth; most of the negroes have three or four, while the richest may have as many as 500. On the other hand, divorce is just as easy as marriage; if the woman is dissatisfied, she simply leaves her husband and returns home without ceremony, if she gives her former mate the sum paid...
...supposed to spit on the gun to insure success in the hunt. When I once failed to bag my game it was suggested that one of the women had failed to spit, and should be imprisoned! In another case the same man who drives a Ford in the afternoon may feel secure from a snake bite if the medicine man pretends to take a handful of ants from his mouth, for ants are supposed to be the poison...