Word: sureness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Asked about hazing, the veteran railroad man replied, "There ain't no hazing no more at all, but they sure used to make it hard for the freshmen when they did. Many's the time I've seen freshmen rolling peanuts down Blair steps with their noses. There again the boys are too old now, too grown up and 'fastiddynus'! why the boys all look like President Hibben...
...Ledbetter in your issue of Dec. 26 has given what I believe to be another erroneous explanation of this title by stating that it was conferred on Senator Warren "by the late Champ Clark because of the Senator's vast sheep interests in Wyoming." I feel sure that the designation was conferred on the venerable Senator from Wyoming by Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa, on June 8, 1909, during the historic debate on Schedule K (the wool tariff) in the Senate, from which this extract is taken...
...fair play we don't want anything else, because I'm sure we will win if we get that" were the words of "Chief" De Valera, radical leader in Ireland, in an interview at the Copley Plaza last night. The chief is visiting the United States to collect money enabling him to found an unprejudiced daily paper in Ireland. He talked English with a strong Irish accent as he put forth the main purpose for his short visit to America...
...slight. The moulding of student thought and the furtherance of good feeling between nations through the medium of student opinion are endeavors of a vague and elusive nature; the instruments at the disposal of the Federation for the accomplishment of its ends, conventions and student councils, are far from sure or even well established...
Western ways prevailed on a San Francisco gridiron as the allstar Eastern team lost loosely to Pacific players in the name of Christmas charity. To be sure, the triumph of Far Western football was slightly alloyed by the potent presence in their line-up of Joel Hunt from the Texas Aggies. Hunt scored a touchdown three minutes after the game began and stopped a punch on the jaw from Weinstock, Western Maryland tackle, just before it ended. Weinstock was ejected from the game. Between these Eastern mishaps the West scored another touchdown and a safety, the East one touchdown. Score...