Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...work is done; they will have a subtle influence over their audiences (all their plays are in the original Slavic); worst of all, they have pledged a fraction of their proceeds as a tax to the Russian Government--and they are charging five dollars a seat. It is no wonder that the American Defense Society sees here a plot to subsidize sedition. At the end of their eight weeks' engagement, they will be ready to overthrow the Constitution...
...suggestions have been received, but new points come up every year which appear so obvious that men wonder why they have never thought of them before. Further improvement is always possible, and it only needs someone to bring suggestions to the attention of those with power to translate them into action. Yale has hit up-on the scheme of a series of debates among discussion groups of twenty or more men, upon the subject of "What is Yale for?" The first meeting of these resulted in a keen criticism and discussion of features of undergraduate life. California has a Student...
...however, thought the mass meeting sufficient. The next day there was a parade to the field such as Boylston Street never saw; and the seething snake dance that returned after that last practice made the anxious shopkeepers look out of their doors and wonder if the Yale game had been advanced...
...eagerness to satisfy the greatest number, the Board has perhaps decreased the Register's utility in certain minor respects. The omission of the graduate schools leaves that large part of the University without the helpful guide which the College finds so essential. One may wonder if the directories by dormitories and by cities are of as much importance as last year's complete directory with home addresses, local addresses, and cross-references...
...this somewhat impersonal acquaintanceship, the undergraduates as a whole have had no chance to know the team. Tonight the opportunity comes. The College, the coaches, and the team will get together face to face and there will be very few students left to lean out of dormitory windows and wonder sleepily, "What's all the shoutin' for?" The University has complete confidence in its team and tonight is the first occasion to show...