Word: spilt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...since that time no Italian ruler has enjoyed imperial power--none has been "august". None--that is--up to the present. But a solitary figure,--concerning whom much red ink has already been spilt,--has appeared to carry out Dante's dream. Perhaps it is a further waste of ink to say more of this Benito Mussolini. But he is a figure who challenges comparison; one who has not proved a short-lived upstart, nor yet an overbearing Napoleon, seeking to conquer Europe; but one whose rule has been characterized by sanity and vigor. Recently he has given additional proof...
Much ink has been spilt in debating the respective merits of the "movie" and the legitimate drama, each side holding forth for the complete damnation of the other. It would seem the part of wisdom, as well as discretion, to recognize that both will persist, and that, in fact, their fields of endeavor do not overlap. The moving picture, able to change the scene, or setting of the action in an instant, so that everything, the ship-wreck, the escape by aeroplane, the hanging of the villain, all take place before our very eyes, is undeniably the most effective means...
Technology, along with the other colleges of New England, realizes that the Des Moines Student Volunteer Conference was a hoax and, except from the missionary worker's point of view, was an utter failure. There is no use in crying over spilt milk (in this case amounting to several thousand dollars) but it would be well to find out who was at fault in giving our delegation a false impression of the conference, so that we may avoid a repetition of the blunder...