Word: boatful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
During the past three years much Robeson news has drifted back to the U. S. Paris. Berlin, Vienna, Prague, Budapest all hailed his concerts. Famed were his performances in Show Boat at the Drury Lane Theatre in London. Because he was a Negro, he was asked not to enter the Hotel Savoy dining-room. He handled the situation with grace and dignity. London, where dark-skinned East Indians get every obeisance, buzzed with sympathy...
...fall upperclass crew season was brought to its conclusion yesterday afternoon when the 150-pound boat, stroked, by R. R. White '32, nosed out that of T. N. Perkins Jr. '31 by a quarter of a length, over the mile course in the basin. Perkins' crew was in second place by slightly over a length, with water just showing between it and the third boat. It was a close battle between the three crews, but the better coordination of the winning eight, composed of six Sophomores, one Junior, and one Senior, was the deciding factor...
...fall heavyweight crew season was brought to a close yesterday afternoon with two close races on the Charles. In the University race, rowed over the Henley distance in the basin, the crew stroked by P. H. Watts '31 was victor by a margin of six feet over the second boat to finish, stroked by D. B. Lawrence '31. About two and a half lengths behind Lawrence's crew was that of S. W. Swaim '32. One length to the rear was the crew of R. W. Pearson '31. This race was the final outdoor one for the year, and after...
...different is the attitude of American society from that of English society toward the achievements of its young men. An English university man is quite as proud when his son or brother or friend gets a "first" (i.e. our summa cum laude) as when he rows in the boat or plays on the team. Now that our class is fifty years out, we have attained this catholicity. The Housing Plan and all that it implies will promote, we hope and believe, something of the same sort for our young men and their parents and their sweethearts...
...Kizhuyak Bay, Alaska, one Anton Larson, 68, lost his false teeth as he pulled his boat's anchor out of ten fathoms of water. He dropped the anchor, took a deep breath, pulled himself down the chain to the bottom, rescued the teeth...