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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Awel o galfaria fryn* So sang Secretary of Labor James John Davis one night last week over the radio from Washington. It was an old, old hymn which his mother Esther used to sing to him as a little boy in Wales, whence he emigrated to Pittsburgh 48 years ago. Grym y groes (The Power of the Cross) is the favorite song of all Welsh revivals. The Singing Secretary of Labor sang in Welsh for two reasons: i) The song had never been translated into English; 2) at Sharon, Pa., before his radio set sat David James Davis, 80, harkening...
...Seventh Regiment Armory, New York City, starting the day after Christmas and continuing to New Year's Day. Murphy has been coached by William T. Tilden 2nd. In the doubles he intends to pair with Samuel Hayes Jr., with whom he also won the title a year ago...
...continued, "Byrd has a large staff of scientists with him, and we may find them returning with a great deal of information concerning the land. And then they may discover a great deal concerning our own continent, which was completely covered by ice approximately 2000 years ago. The ice formation in the Antarctic is as old as the one which previously covered America, and by examination it may reveal much...
...missing or otherwise withdrawn. Undergraduates have been known not to return books at all, and, refusing to replace the book, have enjoyed their library privilege unimpaired. The answer, "I don't understand why the book is missing from the stacks; I put it on the delivery desk a week ago," has cleared more than one guilty undergraduate, and freed him from further embarrassment...
...charge of the Freshman Class will be the other speaker on the program; humorous entertainment will be furnished by Ellery Sedgewick '32 and W. S. Warner, Jr. '32, magicians. Dean Chauncey and the two magicians were feature entertainers at the Smith Halls smoker, which was held about two weeks ago on the same evening as those in McKinlock and Gore Halls...