Word: slips
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...work of Mr. Raymond, Mr. Child's Prologue is also deserving of mention, although he can do and has done better work. It would seem that the committee in their zealous attempts to improve the photographs, almost invariably of a poor quality heretofore, had let the art department slip a little from the high standards of its predecessors. The drawings of last year's book for instance, made the volume stand out above those of former years, that of the present year practically takes away the effect of the improvement brought about in other departments...
...once in a while there is a slip-up,--a case (now in the hospital) has come to our attention this week,--and the undergraduate searcher after truth is the sufferer. Possibly the ideal solution is a war memorial in the form of a foot-bridge or tunnel to the Yard. Until this is realized, it seems reasonable that the Cambridge traffic system should be brought comparatively up to date. Without interfering with traffic or much expeuse to those who watch over the city's interests, it would be possible to place four safety "islands" or zones along Masschusetts avenue...
...Both papers are expert in their line, and we would be tempted to prophesy a drawn battle except for one thing, which we whisper to those readers who will incline their ears, to wit; we have it on very high authority that at least one of the publications is "slipping; slipping; slipping, right into the garbage pail." Who knows but both may slip in? In which case, perhaps some one will clamp...
...real race before it is willing to concede victory to the Blue or the Orange and Black; some critics have been free to say, in fact, that after Princeton and Annapolis have rowed each other out down in the Basin, the University crew will stand a good chance to slip by as a final winner...
Great as was my pleasure upon reading this masterpiece of modern American journalism, there are one or two points I should like to suggest. But first, may I ask a question? Didn't it rankle just a little to have to slip in those two words--which of course, are inaccurate--"grossly" and "unfair...