Word: weekending
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nothing more to say - yet - about the historic "conversations." So the President helped the world press out a bit by telling Secretary Akerson that the autumn foliage in the mountains was brilliant, beautiful; that the Rapidan River was in spate from the autumn rains. Hoover-MacDonald actions over the weekend. Three-hour motor ride to camp. After dinner, the President, the Prime Minister and Secretary of State Stimson sat in front of the fire in the living room of the President's cabin and talked "for hours." Sunday breakfast was at 8 o'clock. A Marine corps airplane...
...Winston-Salem (N. C.) offices of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. came an unexpected telegram that Camels had been boosted to their old price of $6.40. Chesterfields, Piedmonts, and Lucky Strikes followed immediately. From Lorillard came a statement that there were not enough officials in town over the weekend to do anything about it, that an announcement would be made soon. With the 1929 output of cigarets estimated at the new high figure of 120,000,000,000,* the rise in price, if maintained for the rest of the year, will mean in- creased profits...
...arguments most frequently heard in support of intercollegiate athletics is the fact that they offer an opportunity for contact and understanding between the undergraduates of the various institutions involved. Just how effective the usual type of football weekend is as a good will tour will always remain a bit of a problem, but certain it is that there are potentialities in this direction which deserve development...
Perhaps these weekend suggestions are too late. In that case we will have to console ourselves by getting our football over the Physics Lab radio. By special arrangement with the heating plant the atmosphere over there can be made quite realistic. Fur coats are quite all right and any one who wants to can sing Boola Boola. Men are not great assets during games anyway--they always insist that you listen to the rules, and our escort last year disconcertingly chewed and swallowed the entire program in his excitement. --The Vassar Miscellany...
...case of the Michigan game weekend, which is followed by Armistice Day, all Freshmen as well as upperclassmen who are in good standing will be permitted to skip classes in order to extend their holiday...