Word: camp
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Shanghai, about 750 miles southeast from Peking in the Province of Kiangsu. At Shanghai, the greatest treaty port of China, where the trouble began, the situation was well in control and the city was said to resemble "an armed camp." The strike, declared after the shooting of Chinese, began to wane, but shipping remained completely tied up throughout the week. Chang Hsuehliang, son of Tuchun Chang Tso-lin ("strongest man in China"), arrived with 2,000 cadets to maintain order. Despite precautions, the British Consul was beaten. A British and Japanese boycott was declared but had little effect...
Following Lampy's hors d'oeuvre the table of contents is served as a meat course. It is as rich as duck with stuffing. Walter Camp, described as the father of American sport, is eulogized by Alfred Hampton Barclay. Ernest E. Rogers follows Mr. Barclay with a how made on behalf of New London...
...aisle. Mr. Coolidge had a two-inch broiled steak, a cup of jellied consomme, toasted raisin bread and hot coffee. Mrs. Coolidge confined herself to the cold consomme, chicken salad and iced coffee. After dinner, they retired to the observation car. At Cumberland, Md., she received a delegation of Camp Fire Girls...
...news from the rival camp of the Elis at Gales Ferry is not encouraging for the Crimson Freshmen. The Blue 1928 boat rowed the two-mile course in the excellent time of 9 minutes 37 seconds today, 12 seconds faster than that done by the Harvard Junior University, which beat the Freshmen by two lengths...
...morning, the First Blue eight limiting its workout to a mile row. In the afternoon, all the Eli boats went for long spins. Coaches Leader and Murphy devoting their energies to correcting petty faults which have become manifest during the last few days. Visitors to the Yale camp at Gales Ferry have become so numerous in the last few days that the coaches are seriously considering putting some ban on the hours which people may visit the camp...