Word: westing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...when all is said and done, the thing that makes the picture is the excellent rendering of the scenes of historic interest. Historically the story is that of the privations of one of the many bands of pioneers that struck out for the west coast in those memorable years 1848-49. There is a very good touch at the beginning when the great, long column of clumsy schooners is waiting for the command to be off. The leader of the expedition hands his boy a great bull-whip and as the youngster cracks it over the backs of the first...
...have distinguished themselves in scholarship and general class activities. Books and checks were awarded to George O'Hanlon 2G.B. and Henry Reiff '25, while the following Freshmen were awarded books: Henry Melvin Hart Jr. of Spokane, Wash., Nathaniel Saltonstall Howe of New York City, John Elliott Knowlton of West Upton, and Dean Earl Wood of Kansas City...
...held yesterday in Pierce Hall, the number of votes cast was the largest on record. Weston Gage Thomas 3E.S. of Middletown, O., was chosen President for the coming year. The other officers are: Vice-President, Professor Harry Ellsworth Clifford, S.B., of Newton Centre; Secretary, David Douw Coffin 3E.S. of West Medford; Treasurer, Robert Brandt 3E.S. of Jamaica Plain; Senior Representative, Kenneth Rodney Bourn 3E.S. of Templeton; Junior Representative, Robert Douglas Donaldson Jr. 3E.S. of Lincoln; Sophomore Representative, Benjamin Brewster 1E.S. of Dedham...
...most debatable subject is the progress of "Sunday legislation". Theatres, baseball games and all kinds of amusement have been the targets of the Lord's Day Alliance, and brilliant success is claimed in the South and West. While three states have let down the bars, six have moved forward toward perfection and prohibitions. But as the militant reactionaries point out, the three states which have retrogressed to more freedom are New York, Connecticut and Oregon with large and important populations; and conversely, the "good" states are mostly rural, thinly inhabited and poor fields for theatrical exploitation anyway...
Officers of the University will enter at the north door; students will enter at the south door unless accompanied by friends, in which case they will use the west entrance...