Word: wet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Crimson mile relay team were slated to run against Bohaunon and Talbott of the championship Virginia quarter. At the Penn Relays last week, Bohannon had been timed unofficially for a quarter and it was hoped that he would repeat this performance yesterday. A hard wind and a wet track, however, made it impossible to run the race in less than 51 seconds. Yet it was a hard battle all the way around the track. Allen took the lead and kept it until he was within 20 yards of the finish when Bohannon and Talbot, both of whom had been sticking...
...Noyes, who wrote the interesting matter regarding the recent "B. Y. O." invitations of the Associated Harvard Clubs, has the idea, not expressed in his letter, that "it is fashionable for Harvard undergraduates to be wet. One hesitates to disagree with this, although it is undoubtedly true that in this respect, as indeed in most, the unfashionable greatly outnumber the fashionable. But the reasons for the fashion, which has been more condemned than studied, deserve investigation...
...church. Dr. Keigwin advised radio communicants to use ordinary bread and wine, if available. Said Arthur Brisbane, Hearst editor (himself no respecter of tradition) : "In the old days you got out the children's rubbers and umbrellas, and lighted the stable lantern, and walked a mile in the wet grass, along the edge of a clay road to the night prayer meeting in the small country schoolhouse. "That seemed to make religion important and added interest to the hymns. When you sang 'Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to stand alone, Dare to have a purpose firm, Dare...
...Divinity Courts are still too wet for use, the candidates have been playing on the Jarvis Courts. The former, however, will be ready for use after one day of good weather...
...away from William G. McAdoo. It was Mr. McAdoo's first serious set-back in a primary vote. Governor Smith had made no purposeful campaign, and pointed out that he had never had official notification that his name was entered. But Smith had the reputation of being a Wet; McAdoo is a well known Dry; and Milwaukee is famous...