Word: precious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...things which makes the memory of University days precious to alumni is the recollection of the host of customs and traditions by which their undergraduate days were ruled. Like the Hand of Death and the Laws of the Medes and Persians, they were steadfast, unmovable, always present to remind the newcomer of the whims and fancies of his predecessors, and to serve as a connecting link between the young generation and the old. When a tradition is broken or a custom allowed to fall into disuse, something very close to the spirit of the college is taken away...
Whether this young poet shall prove himself a master-spirit it is too early to predict; but surely his book is "the precious life-blood...
...Among other the Conference has decided to refuse to allow American's entry into the war to be debated and to demand that "unadulterated and undiluted American history" be taught in American schools, as opposed to the emasculated history has been introduced no generally... robbing democracy of its most precious heritage." If by undiluted history is meant a broadcasting of facts such as the smuggling operations of John Hancock, there is no occasion for criticism, but the tone of the resolution suggests a plea for the hurrah type of American history upon which much of the patriotism off American youth...
...Fordney-McCumber Tariff; b) Mellon tax plan; c) lack of foreign trade; d) corruption. "With covetous eyes," said he, "certain great oil interests of the country had long looked upon the naval reserves. During the Wilson administration, that great Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, stood guard over these precious properties...
Heywood Broun: "Some discipline of the sternest sort should be applied to Miss Francine Larrimore. It seems probable that this young actress has a gift for the theatre, but she has made precious little of it in the last three seasons. Instead of working upon a faulty speech and improving it she has intensified it for the sake of comedy effects in cuteness. Miss Larrimore ought to be made to stay in after school...