Word: crescents
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There are at present," said Coach Herbert in conclusion, "a Northern and Southern Intercollegiate League. National championship is decided in a match played at Crescent Field, in Brooklyn, by the winners in their respective leagues...
Dartmouth has also downed such strong teams as New York University, 26 to 14, Colgate, 33 to 22, and the Crescent A. C., 30 to 28. Harvard Dartmouth Smith, r.f. l.g., Sailer Gordon (capt.), l.f. r.g., Gore Rauh, c. c., Edwards Samborski, r.g. l.f., Shaneman Rudofsky, l.g. r.f., (capt.) Freidmann
...Manhattan. The baritone role was sung by De Luca. Now, De Luca is a very merry person, as are many who excel in tragic parts. His round, snub-nosed face was made for mirth, especially its wide, thin-lipped mouth, which even in repose is curved like a jocose crescent. When De Luca sings, he grimaces in such a way that his mouth carries the leer of a laughing satyr...
...though defeated early in the season by Princeton, is one of the strongest defensive teams in the league. It has won seven out of nine contests, tying one and losing one, and it has been scored on only four times. Victories over the Army, N. Y. U., and the Crescent A. C. in the preliminary games were followed last week by a close 1-0 triumph over Cornell, Haverford winning the game by a sustained attack in the last few minutes of play...
...consider Stephen's family name (Harlow) sufficiently important to offset his egregious ignorance of Turkish history. An irate headmaster peremptorily ousts the professor; Stephen goes to Turkey and makes history for subsequent Stephens to study. In the course of activities he acquires the Grand Cross of the Crescent for the honest, old professor...