Word: vs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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October 19, Freshman vs. Sophomores...
October 23, Seniors vs. Juniors...
Primary day is Sept. 15. At the climax of the Hylan vs. Walker primary campaign, it seemed certain that Jimmy Walker would...
...Clerk vs. Laborer?Some heat was diffused by Dr. W. W. Vaughan, headmaster of famed Rugby School, who addressed his colleagues on the evils of over-education. He did not exactly say that "ignorance is bliss", but that "the farm laborer is often better educated than the clerk, whose head is filled with half-digested facts. A colleague took issue: "Tainted with the public school accent! A man like Dr. Vaughan who educates the more fortunate section of the population, contemplates with equanimity the ignorance of the rest of the country and speaks glibly of its happiness. The plowman...
...East vs. West matches William Johnston, whose defeat on an off-day by the dependable tennis of Dr. George King (TIME, Aug. 10) caused many sport enthusiasts to proclaim him a doddering curmudgeon, went out to contend for a place on the U. S. team with Vincent Richards. Playing with the familiar wizardry that has made him, for many years, the most popular player in tennis, he met Richards' cannonball service with flashing drives, confused his net game with precise lobs, fought through an exhausting match...