Word: things
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Governor Walton had previously called a special election to pass on proposed amendments to the State Constitution. One of them would allow the State Legislature to assemble on a call by a majority of its members without the Governor's assent?would make legal the very thing the Legislature had attempted...
...said, for example, in favor of a summer camp rather than the weekly-visit type of social service. Certainly, with a few significant exceptions, undergraduates lose interest in social service after their Freshman year. Perhaps the novelty has worn off and social service is considered less "the thing"; undoubtedly men in the upper classes have less free time at their disposal; but, after all is said and done, there is a large residue of men who have tried social service work and who--perhaps through fault of their own, perhaps through fault of the system--have found it wanting...
...chance of a lifetime to make a name for himself. For anyone who can straighten out the muddle of injunctions and appeals and cross-restraining orders in that state deserves a place in the Hall of Fame. The tangle is far too intricate for the lay reader, but one thing is clear. Governor Walton's appeal to force has not been successful, due entirely to the temper of the people of Oklahoma...
Governor Walton may prove in the courts that the election was invalid because not sufficiently advertised. That is beside the point at present. The fact, however, that he did not surround the polls with his regiments shows that he has had one thing proven to him: the people of Oklahoma infinitely prefer legal proceedings to martial violence...
...unfortunate thing about these good people is that, as their historian, the Lieutenant Governor of Papua, says, they are a "race of kindly killers". Now what is murder, however exquisitely it may be performed, without the accompanying heat of strong passions? Instead of shuddering deliciously the average man, if he were a spectator, would probably laugh and crack a stale joke until he was split by a spear...