Word: waiting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...haven't bet any money on the game, and I haven't any ideas as to who will win. Even 14 I had I wouldn't publish them now; I'd wait until after I was safely home from the dance...
Again, as in past years, the name of Smith is the most popular in the University, having crossed, the goal of 100 names set many years ago. Last year 99 Smiths were registered in the Directory, but they had to wait for another 365 days before they could reach the desired end. This year there are 102 Smiths, 87 as members of the University, and 15 officers...
...because they did not get the newspaper publicity which conventioneers expect. Partly that was not their fault. Prime Minister MacDonald's visit to Washington and two sensational stranglings filled Washington papers and clogged national press services. But the dentists themselves were also to blame. Enterprising organizations do not wait for reporters to attend their meetings. Good publicity committees send information, well prepared, to the newspapers. The dentists did not have one convention speech to give out. They preferred to horde them for printing in their own professional magazine during the coming months, when public interest in their work will...
...still on my head I have to be pretty careful about how much I think. Of course I'll get the winners right but I might miss up a point or so on one or two of the scores, so you better haul right out of those pools and wait until next week. By the way, I wish every one would stop writing me for the scores early in the week. I've got an agreement with most of the coaches not to give them out before Saturday so as not to discourage the boys unnecessarily...
Another duty of the Plebe, an important one, is that of delivering the mail after the noon and evening meals. The "mail dragger" has a sad job. He is pestered by each man who always wants his mail as soon as it comes, and cannot wait until it is brought to his room...