Word: broad
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...national flag consists of three broad horizontal stripes of orange, white & blue. In the white stripe, from left to right, are a small Union Jack, an Orange Free State flag, and a Transvaal Vierkleur flag, the latter two being republican emblems. The three flags occupy one-third of the white stripe or one-ninth of the whole flag and embody five colors: red, white, blue, orange, green...
...thirds, the class of 1930 claimed a lead in yesterday's events. C. E. Ring 2L was individual high man with first in both the 80-yard high and the 120-yard low hurdles. G. H. Elsass '30 was second high man with first in the running broad jump, second in the 100-yard dash, and third in the 75-yard dash. F. V. Nissen '30 was third high man with first place in the 100-yard dash, and second in the 75-yard dash...
...Running broad jump--Won by Elsass; second, Weinstein: third, E. B. White '30, 22 feet 5 inches...
Albert Bacon Fall, once an ambitious Kentucky boy, founder of "Fall's Business College for Young Men" at Nashville, Tenn., who reached wealth, fame and a place in the Harding cabinet via law, mining, cattle dealing, lumber trading and being Senator from New Mexico, still carried his broad-brimmed black hat, still chewed unlighted cigars, but bore his 66 years tiredly. His grey mustache drooped, his grey suit hung loosely, he slouched silent in his chair...
...surface examination of the Debating Union's career serves as material for two broad generalizations concerning its success or failure. It has found popularity in numbers through one of two channels. The first has been in picking a subject of timely and intense student interest such as the football debate of two years ago. Enthusiasm was generated here by the presence of speakers, whose prominence in undergraduate affairs and information on the subject, added some zest to the occasion. The second successful method of attack has been to invite an expert or widely known speaker from the outside, whose appearance...