Word: punching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Enclosed in these two volumes of Mr. Punch's history is as much of living and breathing England as could be packed between covers without exploding. Mr. raves has had the difficult problem of tolling in his own words, with frequent quotations and allusions, what the world was doing and what "Punch" thought about it. He has done it admirably and has by Mr. Punch's brilliant strokes of humor, wit, and insight made his country's history more readable than the much-praised efforts of countless weary archivists. Not only does he supply all necessary background, and explain what...
...further announcement of the committee states that punch will be served in several places at the Union during the dancing but not in the individual boxes during the supper hour. If any box chairmen wish individual punch bowls in their boxes it will be necessary for them to provide for themselves. These may be brought to the boxes some time tomorrow and if the chairmen prefer they may make arrangements with some caterer. There will be an opportunity, however, to secure bowls and punch from the Steward of the Union...
...that many parts of this collection of humorous articles have appeared in Punch is to pay tribute not so much to their exceptional quality as to the excellent critical judgment of that most precious of all periodicals...
Announcement has also been made by the Department that the old bowling alley area at Hemenway Gymnasium has been converted into four handball couris, and a backstop will be erected between them and the punch-bag platform. These new courts will be closed for the rest of the week to permit their painting, so that they may have better ilumination...
...close of the academic year, when the editorial chair of the Isis was about to become vacant, the outgoing editor used to prowl about the university vainly beseeching student after student to fill the thing. A man would be anything rather than an editor. A. P. HERBERT of "Punch" New York Evening Post