Word: outfit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...suggested during the meeting that a committee be appointed to undertake the purchase of a reliable Ping Pong outfit. For some time the discussion raged, as the issue seemed an important one. Finally the motion was overthrown. The winning argument was that a Ping-Pong set would make too much noise...
Luton showed himself to be the star of Saturday night's outfit; by clever riding and accurate shooting, he piled up seven tallies for the Crimson, five more than any other individual player. One of his counters was a beautiful full forward from mid-field, which placed the hall for an easy counting follow...
...direction of an advisor-tutor will make the administration more efficient in imposing its ideas, it will, and its regulations on the student body. It seems to be a principle in the minds of today's higher educators that they, as well as the secondary educators, should have an outfit of morals and a standard of behavior to impart rather rigidly to their charges. Regimenting the students into a routine of dormitory living and eating seems to be as convenient a way as any of propagating the doctrine of the straight and narrow...
...once ordered the animal's release. One booth contained the famed Tail Waggers Club (TIME, Nov. n), which offered a dog ensemble, complete from military brushes to overcoat, to the most popular dog in the show, to be decided by public vote. Lord Baltimore, a pekingese. won the outfit. Agents were professionally addressed as pigeon-men, cat-men, fish-men. The pigeon-men traipsed through long rows of cages, following taciturn judges who pointed metal wands at the chosen birds-tumblers, carriers, homers. Ella, a parrot, cried: "When in Childs do as the children do." Pavlova, stork, danced...
...small hint on the important matter so that any real smart fellow will know what to do about it. California will have a tough time with Stanford but the final score will be just about 12 to 7. And the same may be said of the Notre Dame outfit when it runs up against Northwestern. The latter may score; I'm not absolutely sure, but anyway the final count will find the South Benders ahead by 7 points, probably...