Word: thought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...article would be complete without mentioning that football is to the English student a game to be played and enjoyed two or three times a week, and not a religion the celebration of whose rites occupy the chief time, energy, and thought of its acolytes for weeks and months! There is much to be said for each point of view, but as a player I enjoyed the English variety more. On the other hand, the American attitude has in it far greater possibilities for learning the joy of sacrificing for a cause
Carnegie report enthusiasts may feel that the Western Union is out of touch with the best athletic thought of the time, since a cursory glance at the ten pep messages reveals at least eight of them as playing too great an emphasis on winning. In fact the compilers of the list frankly confess that its purpose is to "send the players out on the field with fire in their eyes and a keen determination to win." They have obviously failed to catch the amateur spirit and have made the mistake of fainting athletics with the same sort of commercialism which...
Huguley sustained a body injury, the exact nature of which has not been revealed in the Florida tilt last Saturday. It was thought that he would be in harness yesterday but Dr. Richards diagnosed the injury as being serious enough to keep him out for a length of time. Huguley was a first string back up until the Dartmouth game when he was replaced by Devens. He got in against the Green however and did some nice punting...
Until last week the Joneses and the Laughlins must have thought they had outsmarted Financier Eaton, for as soon as Mr. Girdler was made president he bought a $140,000 home in Sewickley, smart suburb, began to make his name known to other Pittsburgh families than his employers, seemed definitely settled there. But last week he resigned from Tones & Laughlin to be "actively engaged in the development of plans affecting the iron and steel industry." It was evident that the Eaton interests had. won, especially when two days later R. J. Wysor, general manager and assistant to President Girdler, also...
...Master Barbers' Association of America (700 nationwide chapters). Present, of-course, was far-sighted President Otto Ewert of Chicago. Early he struck the progressive note which was to dominate the convention. "It is necessary," said he, "to popularize the facial. Men may consider the facial effeminate. Once they thought the same of brushing their teeth." President Ewert's sentiments were promptly echoed by the barbers assembled. Said one: "Those of us who rely entirely on shaves and haircuts for existence must be ranked with the village tonsorial artist who makes a sideline of pulling teeth." A barber...