Word: parcell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Just after the Parcel Post was introduced in the United States, a very much photographed boy of 13 was tagged, registered, and posted in New York and delivered a week later in San Francisco. The public, little realizing the precedent established, laughed and forgot the incident. And now what is the result? Postmaster Behymer of Cincinnati rises in his seat at the National Association of Postmasters to protest against the promiscuous shipment of alligators. Mr. Behymer points out that livestock, under the law, is entitled to the privileges of being mailed. He faces calmly the prospect of "being obliged...
Unfortunately the Postmasters' Convention failed to take any action upon Mr. Behymer's revelations and the way to terrorism still lies open. Think of the awful possibilities of the future. First, the Parcel Post handled eggs, then eggs hatched in the form of chickens, then these chickens grown up to fully developed hens and roosters of unlimited lung power,--and now alligators. The process of evolution still remains unchecked. If alligators have any of the qualifications of guinea pigs, it would be well for the Postal Authorities to profit by the sufferings of that valiant official of the sister service...
...great monuments of English prose, but any standard version, ancient or modern, may be used. The plays of Shakespeare, as foremost among the masterpieces of the English tongue, are indispensable to all students of literature. Moreover, the language of Shakespeare, like that of the Bible, has become part and parcel of our familiar speech...
...program of training, therefore, there arises in a School of Education the demand for continued research. The general educational situation presents so many unsolved problems that a university professor of education could not, in any case, avoid the demand for continued investigation and study. Research is therefore part and parcel of the work of both Faculty and students, just as it is in the Business School and Medical School...
...been liberally distributed, would appear singularly attractive. Investigation of those interested in the promotion of these ventures does not disclose anything to inspire confidence. Absolutely no proof of the merit of these stocks is advanced beyond the usual hyperboles and vague insinuations of the salesmen who are part and parcel of the schemes...