Word: stick
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that has been made familiar to everybody as a stage-set for dramas of New England-a long room with a stove in it, a few boxes of sweet crackers, a teamster or two, a cat in a chair, a dingy glass case filled with painted chocolates and striped stick candy. A bell rang when you opened the door, and John Shedd's employer rose from his rocking-chair to indicate that questions might be addressed to him. Harried by life, the storekeeper distrusted all men, but most of all, those who worked in his store. He never allowed...
...Pinkerton '27, H. A. White '28, Alexander Shaw '28, R. B. Burnett '28, T. B. Glynn '28, James Simpson Jr. '29, R. P. Gibb '29, and J. P. Cotter '29 are the members of the squad that has been conditioning the ponies and practising stick work at Shaw's field in Newton since the start of the college year. The first scrimmage was held yesterday, and hereafter there will be one each week...
...squads will report five days a week throughout the fall, and special emphasis will be placed on mastering the technique of the game. For the uninitiated Freshmen, stick handling will be especially stressed, while the experienced players will devote their time to perfecting a few plays. An innovation this fall is a canvas, which will be placed over the goal, with openings at the sides, to increase the players' accuracy...
...selection," declared W. J. Bingham '16 in explaining the two factors which had been taken into consideration in choosing as head Coach the former coach of the class crews. The Director of Athletics was greatly applauded as he finished his speech, turning to Coach Brown, he concluded, "We'll stick to you as long as you give intelligent instruction, and it is not on your victories that we are going to base your existence here...
Other cartoonists concurrently represented Mr. Rudyard Kipling as a testy little man pounding a big bass drum with a broken stick; as a nasty little boy making faces at the lady who has just given him a piece of pie; as a nasty little boy embarrassing his parents by vulgar remarks in front of company. One and all were reproving Mr. Kipling for an inept and unmelodious bit of prevarication included in his new book* of stories and verses, published simultaneously last week in England...