Word: usual
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...place let it be understood that the current number of the Advocate is preeminently an average issue, which means that it cannot rival the best productions of Harvard literary genius of the past, but that its material, on the other hand, must in nowise be considered as below the usual standard of Advocate endeavor. And an issue of whatever nature, conceived and produced during the drab weeks when winter has gone and spring has not yet appeared, may be considered of no ordinary merit if it lives up to even the usual standard...
...seated until its business is finished, instead of making new Congressmen wait 13 months to be seated and adjourning on March 4 every other year, as now; also, so that the President would take office Jan. 15 instead of March 4. Last week the House hemmed and hawed as usual over this attack on "lame duck" sessions and modified Senator Norris's resolution beyond recognition. Then, as usual, it voted down the whole proposal. "Lame duckery" will continue. Representative La Guardia of New York promptly filed a bill to abolish "lame duckery" without amending the Constitution...
This year, as usual, the show came in like a mad March lion. It was noted that two themes had preoccupied the attention of many of the most absurd artists; one was Death, the other was Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Novel materials for expressing alleged thoughts were few in number; the most noteworthy was a three dimensional drawing, or skeleton sculpture, of a she-wolf giving suck to two small boys. The lines of the she-wolf's body were indicated in copper wire; her mammary glands were represented by door stops. Of the other exhibits...
...tribute to Veteran Frederick Spencer they would play "When You and I Were Young Maggie." Furious, Spencer gained a lap. In the gallery Spectator James Miglio was mauled by a special detective, led off to court in his undershirt and trousers. The band played "Among My Souvenirs." As is usual in six-day races the records of all previous six-day races in lap-stealing, attendance, and the eating of hot dogs (called by bicycle riders "Coney Island chicken") were broken...
...entertainment will consist of music by Roy Lamson '29 and his Harvardians, a double quartet of the musical clubs, and the specialty act which K. A. Perry '28 gave on the Instrumental Club tour this winter. It has been decided to give favors this year as well as the usual refreshments...