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...Under present conditions, the peak load on the waiters comes between 8.30 and 9 o'clock, and student waiters are often hurried in getting away for 9 o'clock classes. Under the proposed advancement of the breakfast hour, the peak load would continue past 9 o'clock, and student waiters would have to give up their 9 o'clock classes or waitresses would have to be substituted for some of them. Since either of these results would be undesirable, we oppose this change...
...comparison with other athletic directors, his conception of the place of athletics in a college has been the opitome of sanity. In justification of his present demand for new sources of income, he can point to the undoubted economics already effected. He can call attention to the tremendous load carried by the H.A.A. in the form of an expensive plant and a parasitic physical education program. He can show how other colleges have curtailed their athletic programs while at the same time allowing what according to Harvard standards seem gross extravagances...
...Thornes waited expectantly through the service, and presently they heard: "To Dr. & Mrs. George Thorne. . . . Fred and Mary join us in wishing you a happy Thanksgiving. It is our prayer that you may be able to carry your heavy load with faith and courage...
...extraordinary statements of Governor Rolph on the subject of lynching, its advantages and prospects, have brought forth the natural reaction from the press and rostrum, so that the air is quivering with an unusually heavy load of resounding phrases and rhythmic sentiments. The preservation of law and order, respect for the customary procedures of justice, condemnation of mob violence, have all been dragged out of the oratorical closet and fitted to the bow. And very rightly, too. These social attitudes are hard to build up and equally hard to hold; they are well worth emphatic support. But a closer examination...
...National Cornhusking Championship. They cheered and stomped lustily as, with pheasants whirring up out of the sere corn rows and the yellow ears whacking against the bangboards, Husker Sherman Henriksen of Lancaster County, Nebraska, beat 16 competitors, including the champions of Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota, with a net load of 27.62 bushels in the allotted 30 minutes...