Word: recruit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This is not Cabot's first appearance as an actor. In the 1921 Pudding Show "Wetward Ho," he played the part of William Boff. F. E. Parker Jr. '18, commenting on his ability as an actor, said: "Flo Ziegfeld would dearly love to draw such a recruit to put new zest into his annual Follies...
...civilians like the Play Jury. No people except the New York Police are proper stuff for cleaning out the theatres, nobody but the Grand Jury is capable of judging and handling this rottenness in the body politic. The explanation for this stand is plain; the city government means to recruit more policemen, whether by fair means or foul...
...afternoon of his arrival the Board of Directors of the United Press Associations tendered Mr. George a luncheon. Roy W. Howard, Chairman of the United Press, presiding, introduced the guest of honor, claiming him (in Mr. George's words) " as a very recent recruit to journalism...
With Philadelphia runners on first and second in the fourth inning of a National League baseball game, Ernest Padgett, recruit shortstop of the Boston Braves, beheld a hot liner coming his way from the plate. Padgett speared the liner, touched second base, ran down and tagged the man coming off first. He had made the fourth unassisted triple play in the recorded history of baseball...
...nine military regions furnish us with 50,000 men, constituting thus an admirable civic guard. In order to become a member of this guard a recruit must be an honest man, resolved to maintain public order...