Word: misfitting
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...London a tailor sued Valentine Edward Charles Browne. Viscount Castlerosse, beefy director of London newspapers, for ?75 ($260) for two dinner suits of blue herringbone and blue tropical hopsack, two extra pairs of trousers and six white waistcoats, ordered for wear on his 1932 U. S. visit. Defense: misfit ("only fit for . . . the Zoo"). To the tailor's testimony that his shape was hard to fit and he could not stand still, Lord Castlerosse replied: "I have been in the Guards and I am told I am an expert at standing still." An expert witness called the coats...
...Boylston, did, on or about November 2, 1932, while officer-of-the-deck of the said ship, say in a disrespectful and contemptuous manner to one Edward Hallett Preble, then a Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, who was then and there in the execution of his office, 'You are an incompetent misfit; who told you you could command this ship?', or words to that effect." Of this charge, the accused was acquitted, but for the first offence, of which he was convicted, the defendant was sentenced to a demotion of 50 numbers...
...this comedian has an excellent reputation for his ability to build up situations for his fellow-players. Many of the specialty numbers in the "Laugh Parade" draw their chief merit from the running commentary of Mr. Wynn in the background, and the peculiar funniness which he can impart to misfit clothing. Inspired by the success of "Of These I Sing," with satire on contemporary politics, "The Laugh Parade" directs most of its gags in the same direction, but with a success which raises it above mere imitation...
Vocational Guidance. "Unhappiness and ill-health at work may be due to the fact that the employer or supervisor, not the worker himself, is a misfit. Vocational guidance must not be confined to the children of the laboring classes. In this country a limited amount of work has already been done in the guidance of public and secondary school pupils, with results which are distinctly promising. An extension of this work is greatly to be desired."?Dr. Angus Macrae, London...
...talks that will be given are: "Geting Mechanics Covered," Mr. W. S. Hinchman '01, Milton Academy; "Homogeneous Grouping and Honors Courses," Mr. D. A. Shepardson, The Choate School; "Training the New Recruits," Miss H. L. Harris, Gloucester High School; "Transferring the Misfit Pupil in English," Mr. W. L. Carney, Melrose High School; "Reorganizing the English Curriculum under the Harkness Foundation," Mr. F. W. Cuchwa, Phillips Exeter Academy; "The Problem of the Staff Meeting," Miss S. F. Dawes, Quincy High School; "Improving Working Conditions for the Teacher of English," Miss A. P. Butler, Cambridge High and Latin School; "Correcting Reading Tastes...