Word: acclaims
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
There is no one whose election the University would more heartily acclaim than Henry T. Dunker as captain of the track team. If eminence in many departments of college endeavor counts for anything, the captain-elect deserves the honor. He has played on two football teams as a regular, an honor great enough in itself. He is a member of the Junior Eight of the Phi Beta Kappa, an achievement which few letter men have ever accomplished. But besides this he has been a brilliant performer on the track team, and has shown the qualities of leadership necessary...
...classified advertising. In addition, it was he who in 1893 helped to reorganize the Associated Press, put Melville E. Stone at its head, and started it towards the place which it holds today. It was entirely fitting that he should be made a Director of the A. P. by acclaim...
Thereafter she devotes herself strictly to her art, winning acclaim all over the world, from royalty, from the critics, from the people. Years later, with the world at her feet, she sees Carl again, and triumphs sweetly. For the hapless Carl, "already too stout," finds her, a languidly smiling, altogether superior creature, "sitting in the drawing-room of my handsome suite in Vienna's best hotel, reading a new and much discussed novel...
...long line of distinguished private citizens is one of this country's proudest boasts and one of its chief claims to the gratitude of the world. But too often the country for which these men have worked has been niggardly in its recognition and acclaim. As a general rule it has been necessary for a great man to step into the political limelight before receiving his due. Of late, partly as a result of increased publicity offered by the Press, partly, perhaps, as the result of a growing sensitiveness among the people, the value to the nation of the services...
Between 4.45 and 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon the undergraduates of the University will acclaim Charles William Eliot '53, President of Harvard University, Emeritus, in the Yard. The University hand will start playing at 4.30. A large space has been cleared of snow, and a platform will be erected between the steps of the University Hall, facing Harvard Hall for the ceremony...