Word: concords
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prone to think of Calvin Coolidge as unique among presidents for his taciturnity. That such is far from the case, however, is clear from an account of half a century ago in the Magenta, as the CRIMSON was called in its infant years, describing the Lexington and Concord centennial celebration of April 19, 1875. Only a Harvard cheer, "given by a party of undergraduates with great effect considering," was able to evoke from President Grant even "a faint motion of the risible muscles" on that historic occasion. If, as rumor has it, President Coolidge visits Cambridge next June, there will...
...cheer saluted him, given by a party of undergraduates with great effect considering. He then gracefully removed his plug, and a faint motion of the risible muscles was evident. His composure seems the more remarkable when we consider the ominous incident of his having tumbled through the platform at Concord...
...little habit of repeating itself, the above might well be taken as a prophecy of what will happen when Calvin Coolidge appears in the Yard although it is understood that the University authorities will take every precaution to prevent the repetition of the "ominous incident" that occurred at Concord...
...four-mile relay team will start off the season's schedule when it enters the relay meet at Concord on April 19. It will be the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Lexington and Concord and it is possible that the University will have a look at the Dartmouth runners, who are schedule to compete in the affair. Six days later the relay men will journey to the Penn Relays for April 24 and 25 accompanied by a few individual entrants in other events...
...entrance examinations for secondary schools similar to the College Entrance Examinations already well established in many colleges. Eighteen schools entered the arrangement: Andover, Arden, Bancroft, Buckley, Chestnut Hill, Exeter, Fessenden, Groton, Hill, Hotchkiss, Lawrenceville, Loomis Institute, Mil ton Academy, Pomfret, Rivers, St. George's, St. Paul's (Concord), Tome Institute...