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...which at that time was characterized by ineffective lone sallies, has developed into a more unified effort on the part of all members of the line, while at the same time the defense has shown less tendency to be drawn out of position. The latter have, moreover, been more prompt in clearing the puck from in front of the nets following frustrated rushes. More consistency has also been evident on the part of all concerned in the breaking up of the plays of their opponents before they have had sufficient opportunity to develop. Formerly, the forward line was content...
...issue you twice used the word ''rolphing" to designate what formerly was called lynching. I appreciate your prompt adoption of my suggestion...
...last week Lloyd Warner, a 19-year-old Negro of St. Joseph, Mo. confessed to raping a young white woman in an alley after binding her with her stockings. The judge who heard his prompt confession observed that there was no necessity to "hurry things." But in a distinctly hurrying mood was the crowd which began gathering outside St. Joseph's jail and court house that evening. When some rivermen appeared to take command of the mob, it surged into the court house, through the sheriff's living quarters, destroying everything before it. Governor Park ordered...
...detail is prominent, it will be, for Harvard at least, the exciting pace which the chapter called "Thursday" takes on, as the protagonist draws near his goal: graduation from college. Here--and no chauvinism can prompt such a feeling-- is a sport forever hallowed. Or rather, here are spots cherished for their associations, the West Court of Lowell House, the dimly illuminated arch of Sever's doorway, the strange Gothic allure of Memorial Hall, the quadrangle at Commencement with the fine clear voice of President Lowell declaring, "By virtue of authority delegated to me, I confer on you the first...
...England Council. Its president, Henry D. Sharpe, wrote to Franklin Roosevelt concerning a questionnaire sent out on inflation: "Never in the history of this Council have we received so prompt or so unanimous an expression of opinion. . . ." Of 210 replies, 209 were against Inflation. Economists. Twelve professors of finance in Northwestern University, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin, University of Michigan, Ohio State University and University of Illinois is sued a manifesto: "It is now assumed in Washington that the price of gold and the prices of other commodities move automatically in the same direction. . . . It is a sobering thought...