Word: boyds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Ralph Gates Boyd...
...preparation for today's contest, the Seconds had a practice game yesterday afternoon, in which the regular nine showed marked improvement in its fielding abilities, although its hitting was still weak. After practice, the team unanimously elected Kenneth Boyd Lucas '23 of Brooklyn, N. Y., captain for the rest of the season. He is a graduate of the Polytechnical Preparatory School in Brooklyn, and has played a reliable game in the field with the Seconds for three years...
...Government sustained a defeat in the House of Commons by seven votes over grievances concerning the treatment of ex-service men. Major Boyd-Carpenter, Minister of Labor, said that all questions relative to ex-service men would be considered by a committee. The House, however, evinced its dislike of committees by defeating the official motion " that the House do now go into committee of supply on civil service estimates...
...service men. When Bonar Law entered the House, ironical cheers greeted him from the Labor benches. Conservatives, not to be outdone, brought their vocal chords to play in opposition to the Laborite jeers. Peace was restored to the House a little later; but on the appearance of Major Boyd-Carpenter to answer questions, the House once more resounded with boos and shoos. It is common knowledge that the gallant major looks like a " guilty schoolboy." Jack Jones, a London dockyard Labor Member, conscious of the resemblance, boomed out: " Hold your hand out, you naughty boy." The whole House then burst...
...Richard Boyd Ayer '21, of New York...