Word: swing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...today, "to judge when a driver is intoxicated. The famous definition of Judge Dewey, who later landed in an insane asylum, which stated that he is drunk who falls to the floor and cannot rise to drink some more' is adhered to by some of our magistrates, while others swing the opposite way and rule a driver intoxicated if he had had a single drink...
...stage the Brown Man shows the White Man how his jazz-age amusement should be done. Louis Armstrong, the King of Swing, sounds too much as if he had a sore throat, but he is amply redeemed by his orchestra. And the rest of the sepia troupe, notably the Mills Brothers, are most exhilarating indeed. Up and away to the Metropolitan; the show this week is first-rate stuff...
...Realistic Theatre, Observer Houghton got into the swing of Russian experimentation. Play was called The Iron Flood. Spectators were kept waiting in the theatre's foyer until suddenly two actors dressed like soldiers went tearing through the crowd carrying water buckets. There upon doors opened into an auditorium domed with sky blue cloth. At one end was a large earthen mound. On it was camped a detachment of Russian soldiers, their women and children. On two sides were seats. "We spent four hours with the Red Army in the field- that was all," recalls Observer Houghton. "The wounded dragged...
...play, a regular old comedy, thriller involving ghosts, coffins, intrigues, and rowdy fights, is being prepared under the able coaching of Professor Frederick C. Packard, Jr. '20, professor of Public Speaking, and Mr. Robert Young. The cast will swing into the final week with a dress rehearsal tonight...
Yale was off to a poor start this season, losing the first ten games straight. Blue chances looked poor until Larry Kelley and Bob Beckwith joined the team in mid-season to swing the Elis into the winning column. With this new combination as mainstay, Yale has won six of its last eight games...