Word: apt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cast has been working overtime since the Christmas recess, especially on the dancing numbers, which Coach Lord declares to be the most finished in Pi Eta history. The group of light footed track athletes who make up the pony ballet have proved apt pupils, and their untiring agility is a feature of the performance...
...construction proceeds apace on the new buildings in the Yard and as plans for the new Business School take more definite shape, the wondering student is apt to reflect on the state of the present buildings of the University. Ugly many of them are, and dirty. The janitors who clean the class rooms seem to have gone on a sympathetic and perpetual strike with the goodies who are supposed to clean the studies. But if the dirt were carried, out of the buildings, it would only add to the swirling clouds of dust which arise from the untidy gravel walks...
...many quarters that the United States is seeking world dominion. In the eyes of Europeans, if there is anyone who ought to know, it is Sir Auckland Geddes, former British ambassador to Washington. When, therefore, he says in his Page Memorial lecture that the British Pacific dominions "are apt to look to Washington, and Washington with inviting eyes looks back on them." the authority of his voice will seem to establish the fact. Speaking from the same platform from which Premier Baldwin urges a proper solution of Anglo-American relations, one seems to hear the convincing roar of the British...
...battle, an apt remark was overhead as the crowd left the Stadium: "I have never seen a worse team and a better one on the field at the same time...
...College men are so easy to play to," said Miss Bordoni, "because they are young and enthusiastic, but when they become too noisy you are apt to forget your lines." She was particularly pleased with the Yale laughter, declaring that the students had "laughed wonderfully...