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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...following special article was written for the Crimson by Mr. I. B. Lydecker, University lacrosse coach. In it, he takes up the origin and development of lacrosse to the present day, dwelling particularly on the recent increase in the popularity of the game...
...faculty requires to handle such work is hard to find. Not every teacher is equipped through temperament or training to do it well. If the undergraduate wants "honors" work, he must forego his disparagement of the large university, for the "tutor" and the courses alike have their origin and inspiration in the larger unit...
...Page 16 in the Apr. 20 issue of TIME, you refer to "Getting the wind up" as puzzling to the lexicographers. I think 1 can throw some light upon the origin of the term, for it is part of a story that went around, especially in the ranks of the Royal Fusiliers. The story is somewhat as fellows...
CRAY H. MOSEDALE According to the Book of Daniel Drew, he (Drew) sold watered stock to Henry Astor-but there is only Drew's word for it. Some regard all versions of the origin of "watered stock" as semi-mythological since the term "watered jury" (corrupt jurors) was in use as early...
...announced that the new Oxford English Dictionary, now being compiled, would include and define English slang expressions coined during the War, such as: "dud," "doughboy," "strafe." The expression "Getting the wind up," meaning "to become nervous," was said to be puzzling the lexicographers, who finally decided to leave its origin indefinite. Common belief is that this phrase originated with the British air forces. Aviators, to whom wind meant danger, used "getting the wind up" as an equivalent for "borrowing trouble...