Word: came
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Osbert Sitwell, the elder brother, (Sacheverell had been left in England) next came on stage, walking with the aid of a cane, and sat down at another microphone. (Mr. Weeks had explained that Sir Osbert had water-on-the-knee.) He was clad merely in tuxedo and looked very prosperous, distinguished, and glowing. (The Sitwells had just returned from Florida, but only the brother showed a tan.) Sir Osbert read some of his poems--character sketches, they are--and proved himself to be an amusing and more lucid poet than his sister...
...Osbert came back for the last time, and read from the preface and conclusion to his auto-biography. Speaking as, "a citizen of the sunset age," he asked for a re-evaluation, through art, or our spiritual values. While the audience applauded, Sir Osbert brought his sister back on, and in a brief speech thanked them for their cordiality "on this, our last, public appearance in America...
Eliot's 27 to 24 victory over Leverett last night came as a sharp contrast to the Dudley' game...
...story to the Gardens. The first World War took experienced help away and cut public support; deterioration reached such a point that the curator resigned in despair. Only revived interest and generous benefactors saved them--the thirties found the Gardens beautiful once more, and the visitors still came...
Then there appeared a remarkable individual, Clarence Alexander Bissell. (Yale '15), who was interested in college polo but more interested in international polo. Harvard and Yale seemed to him, to be the logical college teams to represent America so up to Cambridge came Bissell...