Word: worsteds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reasons, briefly, are these: the modern college president, caught between the devil and the sea of trustee and faculty opinion, crippled by his load of financial responsibility, torn at by his mis-understanding undergraduates is, at best, a harried and futile dictator, at worst, the ancillary official of major interests without the college; the modern board of trustees are a group, unskilled in matter academic, educational--men of affairs without the interest of the college at heart, middle class, bread and butter people as ineffective as they are powerful; the faculty is a poorly paid group, subservient to their extra...
...following are excerpts from an article by Professor W. B. Munro '99, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History and Government, which appeared in the October number of the "Atlantic Monthly" magazine entitled "The Worst Fundamentalism...
...TIME, in my opinion one of the worst expressions in the English language as used today is "house guest." Is not the word guest sufficient? Or do people entertain in the garage? To me the term is the last word in small town journalism...
...Three hundred miles over hill and dale, over muddy country roads and terrible cobbled pavements, the King drove. Frequently he sent the car along faster than 70 miles an hour to make up for time lost on the worst stretches. When the King reached Tolosa, he entered upon the mountain passes, a nerve racking drive even in full daylight. But there was not even moonlight for the royal driver as heavy clouds obscured the sky and at Burgos, across the mountains, heavy rains greeted...
Service For Two. Your Englishman on the U. S. comedy stage is a slow-witted, honorable nobleman. Place such an one in Room 1913 of the Hotel Alabaster, his newly wed wife in Room 1914, his careless, former sweetheart in Room 1912, and the best of the worst will ensue. Every time hubby is on the point of explaining all, some one knocks at the door. Hugh Wakefield cleverly stutters, gasps, grimaces, after the established manner of approved farce-comedy spouses. Pretty Marion Coakley contributes a vivid piece of work as the unextinguished Hollywood flame in Room 1912. All this...