Word: nosing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...enlightened part of the public who send their boys to Harvard College may be considered as appreciating fully the dangers of ocular defects and this appreciation has extended at least as far back as 1914. In 1914, 43.5 per cent of the Freshmen had had some operation upon their nose or throat. In 1919, 43.6 per cent of the Freshmen had had their tonsils removed, and a certain further per cent, rather trifling, had only had an operation upon the nose and throat. It is certainly striking that such a large proportion of these young men had had an operation...
...United States, however, rather quixotically declines to recognize the Soviet Government even by so much as accepting Mr. Marten's offer. This is rather like biting one's nose to spite one's face. Here is an opportunity to get rid of a large number of undesirables, "thousands" of whom, according to the Russian representative, have requested passports to return to the peace and tranquility of Bolshevism. No international conventionalities or red tape should be permitted to interfere with the rats' abandonment of our "sinking" Ship of State. Give them their passports and God bless...
...pitcher, who is still in doubt. E. C. Dingwell '19, who has proved the most effective boxman for the team this spring, has been sick and will be unable to play. As H. M. Erb '19 is out of the game as a result of being hit in the nose by a pitched ball in the game with St. John's on Wednesday, the choice seems to rest between R. Phillips '21 and J. Leighton '19. G. M. Weeks '21 will catch for the University...
...pitched six innings of very fine ball, until he was hit in the last of the sixth by a pitched ball, which broke his nose. R. Phillips '21 was then sent in, and finished out the game. Erb was also credited with a double and a single in two times...
...barrage will life promptly at 3.37 P. M., Cambridge time, when A. Beane blows his nose, thus starting the fracas. Tickets may be secured as usual from Keezer, Terry, and Sewing Circle publicity agents, though it must be borne in mind that women, children and Phillips Brooks House canvassers will be positively barred. At a late hour last night the Lampoon announced the following cast of puck pushers and shin-whangers...