Word: straws
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...been noted since forgotten time by poets with the coming of the red-breasted robin, by lovers with the coming of the bashful violet, by housewives with the coming of the iceman on the departing trail of the coal man, and by college men with the coming of the straw...
...Straw hats are the glorification of spring. True, Keats never sang in praise of them when he penned his imperishable odes. But that was probably because, being a poet, he was forced to content himself with a hand-me-down of a last winter's derby. Roses may wither, westerly zephyrs turn into wintry gales, blue spring days dissolve, but the straw hat, like the river and the youth of excelsiior, goes on forever...
They are the straws at which drowning men clutch in oblivion to their other and lesser possessions. They are the straws that show which way the wind blows. They are the straws which people refuse to give when in a careless mood. The straw hat is the honor of adolescence, the grace of youth, the distinction of manhood, and the folly...
According to many straw votes and public expressions of opinion the majority of men in the University voted against the present administration last November. During the past few months this same majority has criticized the re-elected President upon his slow manner of solving our international difficulties. Whether his methods have been right or wrong can only be properly judged by the next generation. We cannot help realizing that the obstacles in his path have been unprecedented in size and seriousness. The time has come for this majority to forget their preferences of last year and show themselves as whole...
...delegates, G. B. Blaine '17, and C. A. Coolidge, Jr., 17, testified before Senator Chamberlain's sub-committee on military affairs here this morning on the attitude of the University towards universal military training. Blaine sketched the history of the Harvard Regiment and reported the result of yesterday's straw ballot. He said that from his experience at Plattsburg he was convinced that universal military training was the only logical policy and concluded his testimony with the statement that the sentiment of the University seemed to be that "the responsibilities of life are more important than life itself...