Word: post
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bold President Harding attended a showing of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight film at the home of Publisher Edward B. ("Ned") McLean of the Washington Post. "Of course, we all knew that the law had been broken in the transportation of the film to Washington. It was amusing to see how every one who was there joined the purity squad when the news leaked shown." out that the film had been shown...
...Idea: A dictionary of etiquette for 1928.* The Motive: To tell those who do not set standards what is being done by those who do. The Story: Although famed Emily Post's outline of etiquette has run through 17 printings, people keep on asking her new conduct-questions. Recent examples: "Do you think it would be attractive to have the groom sing a solo at his wedding . . . and do I stay with the groom after the wedding most of the time?" Another: "How do you teach children not to swallow fish bones?" Another: "How can I develop sufficient ingenuity...
...Veterans' Bureau (see p. 18), described a poker party held in the White House library in 1921. The players were President Harding, Will H. Hays, Albert Lasker (shipping board chairman), Harry Daugherty (Attorney General), Harry S. New (Postmaster General), Edward B. ("Ned") McLean (publisher of the Washington Post) and Mrs. McLean...
...authorities has in a large measure been responsible for the efficient service of the institution. Having been granted a certain freedom the average student feels more or less obliged to prove himself worthy of the bequest. A further test of his worthiness will be found in the post-holiday weeks...
...Professor of Marketing in the Business School, Chairman: Joseph H. Appel, Advertising Manager, John Wanamaker. New York: Neil H. Borden '22, Assistant Professor of Advertising in the Business School; Frank Braucher, Advertising Director of the Crowell Publishing Company, New York; G. M. Burbach, Advertising Manager of the St. Loupis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis; J. K. Fraser, of The Blackman Company Advertising Agency, New York; G. B. Hotchkiss, Professor of Marketing, New York University; H. L. Johnson, President of the Graphic Arts Company, Boston; T. J. McManis, Assistant Manager of Publicity Department, General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York; E. T. Singleton...