Word: carly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...when the freight car was at last located, it was found that a trucking permit was necessary, since it was Sunday, before the cases could be moved. When this had been attended to and the equipment at last made ready, the rehearsal began...
...freight car that was scheduled to arrive in Boston at 7 yesterday morning missed connections, was saunted onto several side-lines, and finally lost, with the result that the sets and costumes coming from New York for the first Hasty Pudding dress rehearsal were not to be found at 11 when the rehearsal was to begin. Photographers from Boston and New York daily papers were all on hand at 11, but the scenery and costumes were with the wandering freight car...
...nightfall and stopped at a pier where some Britsh soldiers from Spike Island had just landed. The gun was trained on the Tommies, fire was opened. One soldier was killed, two women (bystanders) and 28 soldiers were wounded-four so seriously that they are not expected to recover. The car then left the pier, drove along the high-road past the Queenstown Yacht Club where the assassins trained the gun on the British destroyer Scythe. They fired but inflicted no casualties, and disappeared driving towards Rushbrooke at a furious pace. In Queenstown it was thought that the assassins were mutineers...
When Mgr. Hayes was motoring up to the Pincian gardens to be snapped by the picture men he was so closely followed by the car containing a load of photographers that an accident occurred. The rear car hit Mgr. Hayes' car, smashing the gasoline tank. This caused a half hour's delay, and gave the photographers ample opportunity...
...break precedent and play a game at Hanover, Dean Briggs felt that to comply would be to show Dartmouth that their attitude was appreciated. No one wanted to go, as the schedule was already difficult, but the Dean won. The trip was made in 24 hours with a buffet car lunch and a sleeping car after the game, and before a holiday crowd Harvard lost. Harvard's action was much appreciated, however, and this incident is typical of the broad attitude with which Dean Briggs approached his difficult task. I believe that the improved relations with other colleges in general...