Word: soft
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Watch the professor: he feels it too. If anyone were within miles to observe him during the of attenuated seven-minute interval before his class, he too would be seen to peer dreamily out of the window, to yawn cavernously, and scratch his unhappy neck in anticipation of that soft collar which he is to assume in June. He too is looking forward to white ducks and seaside tennis courts and steady jib-filling breezes. He too is making furtive plans for that sleepy August canoe-trip, or that ankle-twisting scramble through the White Mountains...
...victory was scored by the University hockey team against St. Paul's last Saturday, making a total of six straight wins for the Crimson seven. Though played on soft ice, the game was close throughout and the sides well -matched. The team work of the University stickmen was the deciding factor...
...Camp Devens seven was defeated 3 to 0 in a hard-fought game which was greatly handicapped by the soft and weak ice. From the beginning, the heavier Camp Devens team presented a stiff defense, and every attack by the University forwards was met with a driving opposition by A. F. Doty '16 or by R. Lovering, whose height and weight proved to be of great value against the Crimson players. Although the officers of the Camp Devens team had had little practice, they played an effective offensive game which failed only by lack of team-play...
...sense, has spread to include different classes of men who, though they may be in the service, are not doing their utmost toward winning the war. First the word slacker meant the man who dodged the enlistment office and the draft; then it was applied to those who secured soft berths in the service, such as patrol-boat jobs or office work, when they were well fitted for active service in the line; and now those who have had college training and are skilled enough to be officers, but who have seen fit to shirk the heavy responsibilities...
Tobacco and cigarettes will be supplied and light refreshments, consisting of crackers and soft drinks, will be served. All members of the class of 1921, whether living in Cambridge or not, are invited to attend. No charge will, of course, be made...