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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hidalgoans do not smile in the sun. They swear audibly, extensively and persistently and R. B. Creager and the Texas Tammany boys (A. Y. Baker et al) are the subject of their most virulent profanity...
Reason: Hidalgoans believe that the A. Y. Baker political machine, built up in the past 20 years by control of alien Mexican voters and the alleged assistance of Republican Committeeman Creager, has grafted the county out of millions of dollars...
...Army 26 Gettysberg 0 Dartmouth 54 Hobart 0 Florida 18 V. M. I. 0 Michigan 18 Michigan State 3 Holy Cross 33 Providence 0 Yale 40 Vermont 0 Boston College 23 Maine 6 Princeton 19 Amherst 3 Brown 20 Rhode Island 0 Stanford 19 Oregon 6 N. Y. U. 26 W. Va. Wesleyan 6 Navy 23 Wm. & Mary 0 Penn 27 Swarthmore 6 Tufts 13 Colby 3 Cornell 67 Niagara 0 Williams 13 Middlebury...
...this year's semi-finals, E. T. Richards of Mt. Vernon, N. Y. and R. F. Carney of Milwaukee, Wisconsin speaking for the Chafee Club will argue against V. V. R. Booth of Bennington, Vermont and R. F. Young of Dayton, Ohio for the Warren Club. The other wing of the semi-final will find Edward Darling of Kingston, Pennsylvania and C. T. Lane of Richmond, Surrey County, England for the Bryce Club opposing C. A. Howard Jr. of Aberdeen, South Dakota and E. B. Hanley '27 of Seattle, Washington of the Scott Club. A unique feature of the arguments...
There is some sort of work in almost every field: The Cambridge Y. M. C. A. frequently uses men to prepare foreigners for their naturalization tests; men are sometimes sent to the Cambridge Jail to teach those who plan on leading a straight life after they are released. There are many clubs that can use a man occasionally: for example, a stamp club has wanted an experienced philatelist to speak to a group of young collectors; and a club frequently desires the services of someone who has done a lot of traveling, to tell of his adventures, and the sights...