Word: touche
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...being safeguarded by Mr. Hoover and the Republican party while the Democrats are allowing them to rust. But paragraphs such as the following tend to make one doubt his close application to the study of morals as a science and suspect that there may be willy-nilly a touch of politics in his utterance: "The progress of mankind is in proportion to the advancement of truth and justice. These standards are fundamentally what we call morals. It is moral standards in government which sustain democracy itself...
...interested in this book, we can't imagine . . . unless it's the shy deb who could memorize it for conversational fodder or the aspiring Mama who would like to have her daughter escorted by a direct descendant of John Jacob Astor. Some of the data has a really whimsical touch . . . the Cuban boy at Princeton with "Distinguished characteristic of mother's family-nobility" . . . the Harvard man who claims "Profession most traditional in mother's family-advertising" . . . "gun manufacturing" and "coal operator" are listed as the professions most traditional in two Yale men's families. The Boston Herald-Traveler
...second season of operation, Freshman athletic activities between dormitories will got under way next week with a tennis tournament and touch football games, according to Adolph Samborski, director of Intramural sports...
...setting the opening date for the fall touch ball season on October 7, Samborski stressed the importance of securing Freshman managers from each dormitory to see that each team is well represented. A Student Council committee under Douglas Mercer '40 is in charge of selecting these managerships, which are regarded by the Intra-mural department as excellent training for House secretaryships...
...course, this can be taken with a touch of salt. But nevertheless, Brown is a tough opener in any league. Also this is the last year the Crimson will play Brown for a time at least, and that will tend to make the Bruins extra gruff about the whole thing...