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Word: brilliants (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...takes to the field. Chase will be at second base while Sullivan, a regular on last year's team, will be called on to fill the part of shortstop, according to present indications. The hot corner position will most probably be held down by Donaghy, another veteran, who is brilliant, though often erratic in his fielding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SQUAD OF 20 TO GO ON BASEBALL TRIP | 4/6/1928 | See Source »

...Royal Canadian Mounted Police, would be out-diced in his conflict with Joseph Sweeney, the slickest dope-vender between Winnipeg and Vancouver. The sergeant, all ablaze in his scarlet tunic, had ventured into Hip Lung's basement laundry in search of murderers; and he was caught there like a brilliant parrot in a cage. Sweeney, a mean devil, had handcuffed the gorgeous fellow and was bossing him around at the point of a gun. Just as we were prepared to go home with the Sergeant's death-words resonant in our ears there was an odd occurrence. From two soiled...

Author: By Percy Hammond, | Title: THE THEATERS | 4/5/1928 | See Source »

Professors of art have indeed a great responsibility, and when uninspired scholarship and casualness take the place of enthusiastic interest and brilliant appreciation they are open to the severest censure and condemnation. To many, the English Department has taken on that character to a decided degree in the past few years. It is a pity that one cannot be brutally frank and use names; but when one of the "promising young instructors" tells you that it is his "job" to lecture and that it is not his or anybody else's business how his audience responds to him, and, consequently...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The General | 3/29/1928 | See Source »

Rain was the uninvited guest at the second Jubilee. It did not dampen the enthusiasm of the guests or the vocalists. About 600 guests were on hand, and most of them were soaked. The quadrangle was kaleidoscopic with brilliant lanterns and gay banners, and all students who had rooms on the quadrangle were ordered to light their lights at dark. The hits of the evening were a rendition of "Daddy Longlegs," a Hawaiian trio composed of J. A. Patterson '19, B. A. Jenkins '19, and H. H. Pell '19, and the "Anvil Chorus" of the Freshman Glee Club. Smith Halls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EVOLUTION OF JUBILEE SHOWS CULTURAL DECLINE FROM TEA PARTY TO RIOT OF JAZZ | 3/28/1928 | See Source »

Concerning Professor Rollins. Professor Rollins is a typical Harvard man. He is a brilliant scholar, and has produced several books in which he has shown in addition to his rare scholarship, an unusual taste and appreciation for fine literature. He is a gentleman, a quality of which few of us boast nowadays. And he is an excellent teacher for those who have the ability and desire to learn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Defense of English 72 | 3/27/1928 | See Source »

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