Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Utopia where the bootleggers must perforce wear badges to avoid selling to each other. Word had been passed out by the liquor dealers of the Wiseonsin hamlet that here was "one place in God's country" that was a "man's town for real men," and intimated in no uncertain terms that the first prohibition agent to make his presence known would find the vicinity unhealthy...
Whether or not this scheme is as practical as it is appealing to the imagination is of course uncertain. The cost of the work, the smoke from the chimneys, the strength of the stacks, the engineering problems, the sanction of the Elevated, etc., are all factors any one of which might make the undertaking impossible. However, we never know what a though is worth until it is criticised. So here is this one--do with it as you will. Yours for the big II. VAN NESS H. BATES...
...same time when this proposal was being offered in the Senate, Secretary Daniels was imploring the House Committee on Naval Affairs to beware the "naval holiday." He thinks our entrance into the League is uncertain, yet outside of it we are beset with dangers. We must have the largest navy, and to consider a five-year check or construction is a "blunder worse than a crime." The best thing to do is to vote the necessary $600,000,000 and trust in Mr. Daniels...
Although the Buffalo trip is still uncertain the squad will probably go there on the day after Christmas and practice until New Year's day on the Nichols' school rink. There will be games with school teams and possibly with some Canadian colleges...
...Nominating Committee wish to call attention to the fact that there are 75 men who have transferred from other colleges who are of the class of 1921 and are eligible to vote. If any man is uncertain as to his status he should go to the Crimson Building between one and two today and there talk with the Committee...