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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...subtle machinations, they are also more subject to derangement. If this is the case, the present college population may be divided roughly into two groups--those who have come safely through Divisionals and are still able to count up to ten; and those who are fearfully preparing, with cold towel and strong coffee, for the Finals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TOO MUCH LEARNING-- | 5/23/1924 | See Source »

...people who are not accustomed to it office is a very heady wine. Let Ramsay MacDonald wrap a wet towel round his brow and think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Irreconcilable | 5/5/1924 | See Source »

...hair with a warm turkish towel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Hair | 4/7/1924 | See Source »

When a managerial candidate has graduated from the blanket-tending-towel-gathering state he is immediately confronted with the problems of the perfect host. In not a few American colleges he can provide for the discomfort of the visiting teams by assigning then members to widely separated fraternity houses; in other, propriety demands that the athletic guests be banished to the hotel, nearest the railroad tracks--where sleep is an infrequent luxury. Departure from the usual routine of entertainment, however, is usually forgiven in a busy land where the overworked candidates find it difficult to keep abreast of the current...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOUTH SEA ETIQUETTE | 4/2/1924 | See Source »

Geraldine Farrar: " One Helen Swanson is suing me for $5,000. She used to be my maid, and she asserts that she contracted eye trouble from wiping her face on a towel which had been used on my Pekinese after its bath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imaginary Interviews: Apr. 14, 1923 | 4/14/1923 | See Source »

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