Word: wrongly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ministry", declared the Reverend Alexander Mann, D.D., Rector of Trinity Church, Boston, to the Freshman meeting in Smith Halls Common Room last night. "To most people the profession of the ministry lies in a category by itself, only to be entered after some tremendous emotional experience. This is the wrong attitude. The ministry is like any other profession and he who enters it should do so because he likes it or is well fitted for it. If you are willing to lead a pure, honest, kindly life, and if you are genuinely interested in people and human nature, you should...
...politics as well as sports, can not survive a clash with professionals. This seems a rather unconvincing explanation of the failure of the Coalition party. It does not necessarily require a strong political organization and the backing of wealthy newspaper owners to hoodwink a city into choosing the wrong candidate. According to the "New York Tribune", Youngstown, Ohio, elected mayor one George Oles, a man who was backed by no party and whose reputation was due entirely to his own advertising. He has been a resident of Youngstown for only three months, having arrived there with a barrel of potatoes...
...Donald Ogden Stewart, author of "Chester Merriwell at Yale" published in the current "Vanity Fair". Mr. Stewart suggests that Harvard and Yale have changed places with respect to culture and athletic prowess;--"Yale men discussing literature, Harvard winning football games," "Doesn't that prove that something is wrong with the college?", asks the horrified Yale graduate when he hears from his younger brother, Chester Merriwell, what has happened to his alma mater...
...score-board and miniature gridiron, along which a colored counter is moved as the telegraph behind the board clicks off the plays hot from the real gridiron. There is also an announcer, who, by way of clarifying the message depicted on the board, reads the wrong telegram in a loud, clear tone...
...That was the wrong announcement," he admits. "Tweedy caught the kick-off and ran the ball back twenty-five yards to midfield, where he is thrown for a loss. On the next play there was a forward pass, Klung to Breakwater, which...