Word: typing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...August, 1920, at Liberty Hall, Manhattan, a Jamaican Negro, aged 36, with broad nose, and of the true Negro type, was publicly married by 30 officiating clergymen in the presence of 3,000 Negro delegates from all over the world...
...Dunhill pipes, and usually keep their dark suits faultlessly pressed. But, on the other hand, one sees a large number of indistinguishable individuals, whose shoes are not shined, who do not own fur coats, and who carry rather more books under their arms than their more aristocratic brethren. This type is apt to be scrawny, diligent and sincere. But it is unfair to speak of types. No one individual ever conforms to his type. If you want to see us as we are, you must come and live among us. We are really human and therefore really indescribable. Yale correspondent...
...same problem in a not so very different way. Yale, having set a certain number as the maximum, can choose from among the best candidates. Harvard, apparently, will set standards which will prevent more than the desired number from entering and thus be assured also of a high type of undergraduates. There is a difference of method, but the aim is the same. Along with this there is apparent an intention to enable boys to enter Harvard from schools whose curriculum is not specifically adapted to preparation for college entrance examinations. There are many such, throughout the country, and boys...
...surrounded with beetle-browed morons of a Neanderthal type," writes in the latest issue of the Bulletin that he supposes his neighbors at these games are persons listed in the Athletic Committee's annual report as " special guests of, or distinguished visitors to, the University. He concludes: "Ask all the Governors of Massachusetts, Mayors of Boston, Legislators, Police Commissioners, rubbers and pugilists, barbers and special guests that you like. Put them in the best seats-all together by themselves...
...this type of game Whitbeck had a distinct advantage, since he was able in the end to break down Watson's endurance. Thus in the last set the Andover player's flashes of brilliance were repeatedly marred by his inability to control his shots. In the final game of the match, which he lost at love, Watson served no less than three double faults...