Word: brightly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...though to follow up this unfortunate beginning, he took a parting shot at the present educational system just before leaving for the undiluted excellence of Europe. The first trouble is that the system is too much system. But then idealism usually finds method too cramping for its bright wings. In the second place he deplored the fact that all people were not educated in such a way that democracy and excellence would no longer be at variance as they now appear...
...muses have stubbornly refused to inspire any of the Yale undergraduates with a college hymn worthy of replacing the present ancient but discredited song "Bright College Years". From the piles of manuscripts of words and music handed in last spring by members of the Yale student body in competition for an anonymous prize of $1,000 offered for a new Yale song of the anthem type, nothing could be found that seemed worthy either of Yale or a thousand dollars. So the authorities have been forced to turn to more inspired circles for a chorus that will supplant...
Nifties of 1923. An attempt by William Collier and Sam Bernard to revive the old Weber and Fields sort of show, with the assistance of Ray Dooley, Hazel Dawn, Van and Sehenck, Frank Crummit and others. Except for a few bright spots, a rather dull attempt to anyone not historically interested in the development of the revue. The bright spots include Peggy and Cortez' exceptional dancing, a low-comedy picnic -Keep Off the Grass, Collier and Bernard as Mr. and Mrs. Davidson in a burlesque of Rain* But the funniest thing in the show is a would-be serious...
...especially bright season for fencing is looked forward to this year since E. H. Lane '24, E. L. Lane '24, Roland Fleer '24, and J. S. Sharp '24, who were largely responsible for the Crimson winning the national title last year, have all returned to play...
...comes from what is regarded as a solid Republican state. Pennsylvania is expected to vote Republican whether or not one of her sons leads the ticket. " So," say politicians, "why pick a Pennsylvanian ? " But the prospects of Mr. Pinchot's securing even the Pennsylvania delegation are not too bright. Mr. Pinchot is a reformer and an outsider to the great machines of State politics. He was elected by dividing the regular Republican factions-that of the late Boies Penrose and of William S. Vare. In local elections last week these factions united and carried Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and most...