Word: things
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...believes that the practise of discussion, to some extent inspired by editorials of the nature published by the CRIMSON, is a thing to be "squelched" rather than to be held as, in at least some sense, a preparation for a better grasp of political situations. Since only the speeches of National Committee Chairmen seem to have any direct effect on the choice of candidates and the election generally, all other discussion is of the "dud" variety. Mr. Oettinger has grown up unhampered by the rather vulgar experience of open discussion; he seems annoyed that others should indulge in so common...
...there is one thing that is not always understood as it should be by young men that is the menace of the present League. America is the hope of the world she is in a position of great power. Let not that position be wasted by entering entangling alliances, by having imposed upon us 'a compelling moral obligations' as Mr. Wilson admits himself that Article 10 imposes, to send our boys into wars not their own. Men, particularly young men I think, are moved by phrases concerning the nation's obligations' and 'the country's responsibility'. Beware of these. America...
...yards for a touchdown, which the former made. The lighter schoolboy line seemed to crumple before Gehrke's driving plunges, which sweep right through, gathering momentum as they go. Moreover, in defence and offence, the star fullback showed a natural football instinct, sensing plays and invariably doing the right thing at the right time...
Ever since the eighteenth amendment went into effect, we have been deluged with jokes about what the Women's Christian Temperance Union will prohibit next. 'We have been told that one thing after another will be fought: first liquor, then tobacco, then tea and coffee, and so on until they have succeeded in passing amendments, prohibiting carrying matches, and the chewing of gum on Sundays. We have seen such jokes' continually, and have been more or less amused at the incongruous products of the writer's imagination...
...That is a regrettable fact," agreed Mr. Coburn. "You ask me if Boston gets the best things of the stage? My answer is that Boston gets, and will get, exactly what it supports. If it will support opera, because it is the socially correct thing to go to it, Boston will get opera, but it will not get all the best things unless a true theatre-going habit is aroused and a real demand for them established...