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After sifting 25,000 words submitted by more than 6000 contestants, Mr. Delcevare King of Quincy, staunch and ingenious disciple of Prohibition, has chosen the composite "scofflaw" as best describing those revolting, unregenerate citizens who delight in violating the Eighteenth Amendment. This word was selected because best of all it...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PAGE SENATOR SOUNDER | 1/16/1924 | See Source »

This term occurred to two individuals as the one most appropriate name for the violator of the eighteenth amendment, so that it has been necessary to divide the $200 between the two originators, Henry Irving Dale of Andover, and Miss Kate L. Butler of Fields Corner. Despite the alleged unpopularity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "SCOFILAW" WILL MAKE LAWLESS DRINKER CRINGE | 1/16/1924 | See Source »

Student attitude toward law enforcement, especially of the 18th amendment, will be emphasized at the three successive meetings of the Student Section of the New England Citizenship Conference on Sunday, January 20. Although the original intention was to hold the meetings at M. I. T., they will be held at...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SIMS TO SPEAK HERE AT PROHIBITION CONFERENCE | 1/16/1924 | See Source »

According to latest developments yesterday, the feature of the day will be a speech by Rear Admiral William S. Sims on the subject "The Undergraduate and the Eighteenth Amendment," at the 3.30 P. M. Mass Meeting at the Union. Admiral Sims recently delivered the same address before 2000 Yale students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SIMS TO SPEAK HERE AT PROHIBITION CONFERENCE | 1/16/1924 | See Source »

Harvard went moderately wet in practically every department of the University in the poll conducted yesterday by the CRIMSON--the Faculty joining the rest of the University in voting in favor of modification of the Volstead Act to permit the sale of light wines and beers, with a total vote...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MODERATE WETS WIN BY SAFE MARGIN AT POLLS AS NEARLY THREE THOUSAND EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON PROHIBITION | 1/11/1924 | See Source »

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