Word: shoes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...condemn the French, is there any rhyme or reason in sanctioning Shakespeare, Milton, Gibbon, even the Bible, in whose pages may be found "foul and indecent" passages? They too have been censored in the past. In fact, to put the shoe on the other foot, the Parisian authorities once, banned Fielding's "Tom Jones", to the righteous glee of Richardson, who had never forgiven Fielding for his burlesque on "Pamela". But today we accept classics in English as they are, dirty and not washed behind the ears, if you like, but still themselves, uncensored. To discriminate against such classics because...
...Hayne", Daniel Webster Oviatt McConnell '24, "My Last Duchess" Robert Browning C. W. Phelps '22, "The Power of Motive", Frederick Aobisoha (Intermission of five minutes) M. P. Lichauco '23, "The Voice of the Philipino People", Manuel Quezon A. W. Lewin '24, "On the Wire", Robert Service J. C. Shoe '23, "Recognition of Soviet Russia", David Lloyd George H. C. Martin '23, "On the Death of Gas field", James G. Blaine
...elocution, the following ten men were retained to compete on Thursday, May 11, in the final trials in Sanders Theatre: N. C. Fassett '22, N. F. Hines '23, M. P. Lichauco '23, A. W. Lewin '24, H. C. Martin '23, Oviatt McConnell '24, C. W. Phelps '22, J. C. Shoe '23, B. A. Trustman '22, and R. A. Zinn...
Anyone who goes to the Union tonight expecting to see the traditional knight of the gum-shoe will be sadly disappointed in W. J. Burns. He has all the uncanny genius of a Sherlock Holmes, but he combines it with the calm, every-day matter-of-factness of the average American business executive. As organizer of one of the greatest detective bureaus of the world, he has probably contributed more to the science of detecting crime than anyone living; but it is for his achievements single-handed in his pooneer days that he is most famous. Mr. Burns has crowded...
...word of caution! Professionalism menaces even the horse-shoe pitcher. There are two leagues: The National Horse-Shoe Pitchers' Association and the American Horse-Shoe Pitchers' Association and professional coaches are already in the field. The tournaments are apt to draw large crowds, and in Florida the intense excitement of the game was fatal to one of the spectators. It looks as if football, outstripped in the race for the favor of the fickle public, were doomed to an early demise. But alas! It also looks as if the colleges were simply going to exchange one unruly child for another...