Word: besting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...suspicion vanished from among the families benefited by the school's work. They told their neighbors. Friendliness spread. Then it became evident that, from a musical as well as a social point of view, nothing permanent could be accomplished except by a national school of music, with the best instructors in the world, with no entrance qualification but merit. In 1923 such a school opened its doors -the Curtis Institute of Music, named in honor of Mrs. Bok's mother, consisting of three mansions donated by its founder in Rittenhouse Square. The first year's faculty included...
...Best current pictures arranged (A) according to merit, (B) according to the money they made last week: (A) The Passion of Joan of Arc- superb silent study of a saint's trial and death. The Divine Lady-Admiral Nelson ashore. Alibi-skillful, authentic crook-play with dialog. The Letter- Maugham melodrama with Jeanne Eagels and good synchronization. Madame X- marks a spot where old-fashioned melodrama becomes good entertainment. (B) The Broadway Melody (records everywhere); The Wild Party ($30,500 Granada, San Francisco); Weary River ($26.300, Strand, Brooklyn); The Barker ($25,000, Loew's State, Los Angeles...
...outstanding stars for, Syracuse were Longley and Richardson, while Captain H. M. Hartnett '30, together with Glenn, turned in the best performances for the Crimson. The game was witnessed by a fairly large crowd. SYRACUSE HARVARD Gidlow, g. g., Salmon, Dunn Brophy, c.p. c.p., Robinson Obst, p. p., Pickard Kahn, 1d. 1d., Hartnett Fiuaz, 2d. 2d., Faude Tarbox, 3d. 3d., Park Furniss, c. c., Nido, Evans Field, Southard, Gould, 3a. 3a., Glenn Hughes, 2a. 2a., Gulick, Pope, Farrell Longley, 1a. 1a., Wilkinson, McGuire Richardson, o.h. o.h., Shapiro, Foshay Personius, Johnson, Rien, i.h. i.h., Johnson, Sanders...
...laboratories. With this gift, available, the time seemed opportune for making a determined effort to secure the funds necessary for building and endowing an entirely new plant for chemistry. Since two other departments of the University were sorely in need of better facilities for further development, it was deemed best to make a combined campaign to meet the requirements of all three departments...
...finals of the annual debate for the Pasteur Medal for the best speech in English on some topic of contemporary French politics will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the Large Lecture Room of the Fogg Art Museum. The subject of the debate will be, "Resolved: That French industry may adopt American methods of mass production without fear of compromising its individualistic advantages...