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...intellectual curiosity which finds its archetype in the "who-was-the-greatest-poet-Momma" sort of query ripens remarkably under the influence of Lux et Veritas,. The announcement today of the Senior questionnaire bears promise of a bumper crop of Yale superlatives. "Greatest social celebrity", "Most entertaining", "Best looking", and "best dressed" seem to flourish particularly well in the warm climate farther south, and bring home to those in Cambridge the difficulty of cultivating the same sort of thing under the exigencies of local conditions. Nothing but the most artificially regulated amosphere can develop analogous products within a radius...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE THINKS BEST | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...Oohoo, nize baby"oohoooo"Hm -Look from henimals a book! So geeve in de book a look so tell poppa wot it stends dere de henimal-ah-ah "Baby-Squshlzzrrlx!!! &Mr. Feitlebaum-Yi yi yi!! A HAPE he spuck! A Hape!! Yi yi -geeve a look de book, momma- look de peecture!! Is a hape, no?? So I say, 'Baby, dollink, wot's dees??' So he saz me, 'A hape!' Look it stends: 'Playe stends for hape Wot he leeves in de trizz; Whan he nidds a gless meelfc He'll a cuccanot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dunt Esk Anodder | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

Dearie (Irene Rich). The lengths to which the U. S. Mother will go in order to send a fatherless son through college are herein demonstrated by the heroine, who sacrifices herself as a night club entertainer. When the manchild, on vacation, discovers the Hot Momma's occupation, he excoriates, then shoots her-although the latter action is represented as accidental. Such violence leads to remorse and eventual reconciliation between widow and mite. The better element in the audience, however, is likely to remain rueful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Jul. 18, 1927 | 7/18/1927 | See Source »

...system, there is a defect. Thrifty pupils come to regard bad grammar as a luxury. Said a seven-year-old economist: "Sure, I use bad grammar, but I wait till I'm out in the street, see?" Said a self-indulgent eight-year-old, displaying a dime: "Momma give me two ain'ts for my birthday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Two Ain'ts | 3/28/1927 | See Source »

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