Word: spear
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Back in China, people were not so easily deceived. They did not refer to Feng as the "Christian General." They had always called him tao-ko chiang-chun, or Turn-Spear General. But then, most American liberals don't speak Chinese...
What is the secret of Feng's progress? Wrote a Chinese newspaper recently: "During the period of 1916 to 1925, he turned his spear backward seven times, at the rate of about once a year." That was a pretty good explanation, except for two points: 1) it dealt with only a small segment of a long and tortuous career, and 2) some might not understand that American for "turned his spear" is "double-crossed...
...were not contracted for subscriptions, anyone still desiring to order a copy of the Album should contract Harold S. Spear '48 at Lowell D-42, Thomas W. Cameron '48 at Winthrop H-31, B. Lyle Shafer '48 at Leverett K-41, Lloyd I. Rudolph '48 at Duster A-21, Austin L. Wyman, Jr. '48 at Adams C-26, Daniel D. Chabris '48 at Kirkland G-11, Leland E. Holly II '48 at Eilot 0-31, Paul J. Douglas '50 at the Dudley Hall desk, or 14 Plympton Street by mail...
...casual as rallies may appear to the Hibernian scoffers along the route, plenty of groundwork must be done by Spear before the parade begins. At least six different authorities had to be cleared for last night's rally, for example...
...very said that our rallies have always been orderly," said Spear last night, but he was not thinking of himself. "It would be a great blow to College spirit if rallies were outlawed as President Sermour was forced to do down at Yale...