Word: soberness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...afternoon, Watters of Harvard, Leness of M. I. T., and Martin of Dartmouth broke the tape in their respective qualifying heats. The Crimson star came out of the ruck on the home stretch to win handily in 1 minute 56 7-10 seconds just ahead of the fast coming Sober of City College of New York, and Boyden, Golden Bear half miler. In the second race, the Tech leader, Leness, won in slightly better time over McCloskey of Boston College and Richardson of Stanford. The Cardinal flash who is expected to fight it cut with Watters for the supremacy this...
Watters (Harvard), Leness (M. I. T.), Martin (D), Sober (C. C. N. Y.), McCloskey (Boston College), Swinburne (Georgetown). Boyden (California), Richardson (Stan.), Campbell (Columbia). The following men placed fourth in their heats and will start in the second row: Graning (Colgate), Leeming (Princeton), Rogers (Pennsylvania...
...population who take prohibition seriously." This is the opinion expressed by Professor T. N. Carver. A drinking class is always a decaying class. The drinking aristocracy is almost all gone and working people who drink, will probably not rise to the college level. We are dependent upon the sober, marrying, industrious class; in short, the rising class...
Drunkeness is declining due to the fact that more students are coming from the non-drinking classes. For example, the old drinking Southern gentleman, with a dewlap and mint julep voice is practically gone, and in his stead has risen the steady and sober man. It is from this new class, that mere and more men are coming to the University...
...with anti-Wood gossip. They made local scenes which in far off Washington looked bad. They came personally to Congress with petitions railing against the General. Two years ago President Coolidge told them it was useless, told them in effect that it was impossible for them to make any sober individual in Washington believe that Governor General Wood was a tyrant, knave or fool...