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This is merely a way of dodging the hard facts of U.S. responsibility and interest in Greece. Sober American observers feel it makes little sense to expect good democratic behavior from a nation which has never had a fair chance to give democracy...
...buried solemnly against the west wall of old Gore Hall (where Widener now stands): Ivy was ceremoniously planted over the box, but when all the plants died in 1876, this custom came to an end. The Ivy Orator, of course, has survived, but the Oration that began as a sober dedication later changed to a humorous speech. Two of the more famous Orators have been George Lyman Kittredge '82 and Robert Benchley...
...seniors split dangerously over the question of Class Day. One faction wanted the old liberal tradition continued, and the other fought for a more sober and decorous ceremony. Finally the Corporation had to intervene so that a Class Day could be held at all. One result of this dispute was the temporary replacement of the Tree Exercises with the Harvard-Yale baseball game. The game, which is now apparently a permanent fixture, was seen glumly as a poor substitute for the more exciting custom. In 1882, when the baseball contest was again proposed, it was decried on the rather illogical...
...whole character." He worked odd hours, thought nothing of sitting up all night in a good political discussion. As Governor, he has modified many of his old habits, and now usually turns up in public looking clean but rumpled in a seersucker suit with a sober four-in-hand tie. He puts in regular office hours, and during the legislative session, sometimes worked an 18-hour day. During inauguration week, when he wore a white tie and tails for the first time in his life, he relaxed at a party by arguing at length with a friend that the atom...
...radiomen gathered for the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters. Instead of milling happily in & out of hotel suites for three days with drinks in their hands, the delegates sat glumly and listened to disquieting speeches. An NAB veteran said he had never seen so sober a meeting...