Word: roome
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...night of the last college meal before vacation only a scattered few were breaking bread in a House dining hall. There was a strange quietness about the room; the rustle of skirts and the clatter of silverware were the major sounds. Voices seemed hushed and shy. Because of the dearth of students many waitresses stood against the wall in idle talk. Spontaneously, above everything, there burst forth a song. In a moment all the girls were caroling to the diners. Applause rewarded this serenade; but that was not enough. As the remnants of the House were leaving, in a magnificent...
...first glance the preferential shop seems eminently unfair. It means that men who are opposed to unionism will be forced to join the union in order to get a job. But it must be remembered that a large majority of the dining room employees here are not opposed to unionism, and have, in fact, joined the union. If the advantages that they have already gained through their organization are to be safe-guarded, the future existence of the union must be assured through the preferential shop. Inevitably, then, the minority must bow to the will of the majority, for that...
Like private wire tappers, Federal wire tappers work in a number of ways-clipping connections, installing induction coils in receivers, attaching amplifiers to the walls behind instruments and listening from an adjoining room-all of which are frowned on by telephone companies. American Telephone & Telegraph, which appeared as a "friend of the court" in the first U. S. Supreme Court case to urge that telephone conversations are private property, cooperates with Federal agents if necessary but has long been campaigning for an act of Congress to outlaw the practice altogether...
...ceremonial museum shows of U. S. painting, artists reach their widest public. Conspicuously successful in 1937 were the biennial show of the Corcoran Art Gallery in April, the U. S. room at the Carnegie International, the more select and sparkling show of contemporary art at the Whitney Museum in November, and the even more select exhibition of "Paintings for Paris" which the Museum of Modern Art put on display during November and December-paintings by 36 U. S. artists chosen to be among those whose work the Museum plans to take to Paris this spring for the first big exhibition...
...visiting team's dressing room in Philadelphia's old Shibe Park was dressed up to look like a banquet hall one day last week. Gay flags hung from the walls, a long table sported baskets of flowers and an icy cake decorated with sugar baseball bats & balls, and about 100 baseball men milled noisily about sipping Scotch & soda. Presently they began to munch chicken patties, crab cutlets, cakes, nuts and mints. Suddenly a tall, gaunt old fellow with bushy white eyebrows and sunken eyes strode in briskly. The guests promptly gave him a spontaneous yell of greeting...