Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Humphreys and Estelle Taylor, who in comparatively private life is Mrs. Jack Dempsey, also appear in roles which approximate their normal occupations. Mrs. Dempsey is not, as commonly supposed, a star entirely of the screen; in her early youth an invalid, she grew up to be first a beauty-contest winner, then an actress in stock companies as well as the cinema. She and her husband both speak their lines in The Big Fight in a curious but not unattractive monotone...
Whether or not the men who are now calling signals on the first University elevens will stand the test of intercollegiate competition remains to be seen; only one of them, E. T. Putnam '30, has ever directed a Crimson team in an intercollegiate contest, and that was two years ago. But all of them have records or show signs of promise such as to lead even the most pessimistic of Crimson supporters to hope for great things...
Colorado. The biggest question in Colorado was whether or not Denver's Democrats were as Wet as when, last year, they sent S. Harrison White to the House. They were. Mr. White was renominated about three-to-one. Attorney-General William L. Boatright was nominated by Republicans to contest Governor William H. Adams' reelection...
Died. Harry C. Crafts, "only man who ever defeated Coolidge"; of apoplexy; in Pittsfield, Mass. He once won the post of school committeeman of Northampton, Mass., in a contest with the President...
...French. New books are purchased out of a large special fund, and for the benefit of members, suggestions as to what books shall be purchased are welcomed and, wherever possible, followed. Following the spirit of the library, the Union each year in the past, has run an essay contest in January with a $35 first prize...