Word: old
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...magic of those two words--Christmas vacation--the University suddenly becomes a place of desolation. The Yard is a deserted village of silent houses, without even the rude clanging of the ever-zealous bell in old Harvard to break in upon its unnatural quiet. Even the gay rendezvous round the Square are forgotten for other parts. It is with light hearts that we turn from the nine o'clocks of this world to that other world of holiday cheer that comes only with Christmas. To its many friends, especially to those who are unable to return to distant homes...
...protocols in other branches of garment-making in New York, the Rockefeller system of industrial representation in the Colorado mines, and the labor agreement of Hart, Schaffner & Marx in Chicago, grew out of long and bitter strikes, severe enough on both sides to convince the parties thereto that the old system was intolerable. Complete predomination by either side was impossible and intermittent struggles over the division of power were costly and unsatisfactory. The protocols and the agreements provided a system of government to protect each side against the other...
...blockade has been lifted, and out markets once more opened to the cheaper and more popular German dyes. Should there be no protection given to the American industry, it must infallibly fall. Wages in Germany are low, and that country will make a strong attempt to win back its old trade. Our own industry must be fostered for a time if America expects to hold the ground gained during the last four years...
...complete program follows: 1. Medley, Arr' Rice Land of Old Black Joe, Donaldson Banjo Club. 2. Lullaby, Brahms Drake's Drum, Coleridge-Taylor Old Medley, Field Quartet. 3. Polichinelle, Rachmaninoff Mirage, A. L. Stelnert '22 A. L. Steinert '22. 4. Instrumental Specialty. 5. Pianologues. Messrs. Sargent, Taussig. Intermission. 6. Thousand and One Nights, Strauss Japanese Sandman, Whiting Mandolin Club. 7. Canzonetta, D'Ambrozia Liebesfreud, Kreisler H. E. Scott Jr. '22. R. S. Child '22, Accompanyist. 8. Negro Songs. Quartet. 9. Mason and Dixon Blues, Gottler Harvard Football Songs: Harvardiana, The Gridiron King. Soldiers Field, Banjo Club...
...workingman is usually in constant fear of losing his job, he is inclined to go too far in enjoying the unusual and pleasant situation created for him by exceptional conditions such as in the past war. Realizing that he may be forced back into his old job and compelled to sit tight in a short time, he makes the most of his opportunity by moving from factory to factory and trying job after job so that he can pick out the best position while he has the chance...