Word: banqueted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...annual banquet of the University 150-pound crew held at the Harvard Club of Boston last night, Dudley Merrill '26, of New York City was elected captain of next year's 150-pound crew. Although he will only be a Junior next year, Merrill is recognized as one of the best light weight oarsmen to enter the University, stroking this year's eight to a three length victory over the Yale boat. At the banquet last night Coach Newell was presented with a picture of the 1924 championship 150-pound crew...
Soon after their arrival at the Palace things began to happen. First, King Ferdinand and his Consort did the usual thing by driving down Whitehall and laying a wreath upon the Cenotaph. In the evening the British King and Queen gave a State Banquet at which most of the Royal Family were present, many of the peerage, and a number of Cabinet Ministers, including Premier Ramsay MacDonald and his daughter Ishbel...
...next evening King Ferdinand and Queen Marie gave a banquet to the British Sovereigns in the Rumanian Legation. The Prince of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of York were also present. Queen Marie, in a wondrous gown of gold brocade, stood at the head of the magnificant Legation staircase with her husband and received the guests. The Legation was smothered with roses and pink trimmings, pink being the favorite color of Queen Marie. At the banqueting table gold plate was used and the dishes were of valuable Sevres...
Then came a State banquet given in Buckingham Palace. Two thousand guests were present. It was the first ball to be given in many years. Dancing was strictly a la Victorienne, King George and Queen Mary having displayed their antipathy for modern dancing by banning the fox trot and other neo-terpsichorean frills. The four Sovereigns opened the ball by leading in the formal quadrille d'honneur which has opened royal balls since the days of George III. The remainder of the evening was then filled with waltzes, polkas and the like. According to official report there...
Invitations to the banquet were sent to large numbers of former students of Professor Turner. Many of--these men were unable to come, and the messages which they have sent to Professor Turner, have flowed in from all over the country. Several of these letters will be read at the dinner tonight...