Word: captains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...center's berth. H. T. Wenner '30 and D. J. O'Connell '29 will have regular places at forward. J. S. Rex '31, whose form has been improving, showed up unusually well in the Worcester game, and is expected to be a high scorer tonight. T. E. Farrell '31, captain of last year's freshman outfit, will occupy the position at right guard, while Rex will be in the opposite berth...
...When Captain John Smith was considered to possess the unfortunate qualifications of Jonah to the extent of causing a storm at sea, he suffered the same punishment of being cast forth from the ship; but on account either of his greater endurance or of the extra-ordinary lack of great-dish at the time, tradition has it that he out-Jonahed Jonah...
Several newcomers will be on the Harvard benches tonight and all of them will probably see action. John Cross '31, a left wingman, will probably alternate with Captain John Tudor '29, since M. H. Stanley '30 is reported to have just recuperated from a slight illness. Harwood Ellis '31 will be on hand to share the duties of goal guarding with Elkins. H. D. Everett '31 will act as a spare wingman...
...competitors were characters widely diverse in aspect: Captain Smoke, a hermit; Jean Cabell O'Neill, "a very famous pen-woman"; May Shaw, who set out to read aloud the whole Bible; an Indian Chief named Hawk, who made dirty drawings; a charming Mexican girl who sang the sad dance songs of her country, accompanying herself on the piano in the middle of the arena...
...Styx. Thirty years ago, John Kendrick Bangs wrote stories about a yachting party near Hell. Producer Ned Jakobs thought that these stories deserve to be perpetuated on the stage, with song-&-dancing. That is the purpose of The Houseboat on the Styx, that and moneymaking. Adam, Barnum, Captain Kidd. Sherlock Holmes and Cleopatra; Mrs. Noah, Sappho, Charon, Josephine and Sir Walter Raleigh-all the Bangsian characters come on deck to sing somewhat Gilbertian songs and utter up-to-the-hour Times Squarese. Blanche Ring as Queen Elizabeth shouts, when someone offers her a drink: "Swine!" "No," is the answer...