Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With every fiddler in New England clamoring for a chance to wrest the crown from champion Mellie Dunham, Bob Lampoon, honorary editor of the Lampoon, veteran piccolo player, has signified his willingness to match tunes with the Maine player. Bob claims to have over one hundred different pieces, where Mellie has only three or four, but the piccolo player declares that with a little practice he can become profficient in "Turkey in the Straw" and "Old Zip Coon" as well...
...ward to the opening of the individual state title tournament which will start February 1, on the courts of the Union Boat Club. M. O. Baker' 22, present champion who defeated W. P. Dixon '25, last year's University leader and national champion, for the title, will defend his crown in the coming tournament...
Last week King Ferdinand of Roumania read to the Crown Council a letter in the autograph of Crown Prince Carol which had been postmarked at Venice: "I have irrevocably decided to renounce all my rights as heir to the Roumanian throne and as a member of the royal family. I bind myself during six years not to return to Roumania, and also after the lapse of this period never to tread Roumanian soil again except with the permission of the King and the Roumanian Parliament...
...royal state and live as a commoner with Zyzis. In 1919 he wrote a similar epistle, and he is thought to have written many before and since. What startled the world was that this time King Ferdinand, instead of hushing up the offer of abdication, rushed it through the Crown Council and ordered the Roumanian Parliament to convene for the purpose of declaring Carol's baby son, Michel, the Crown Prince...
...fourth match between L. S. Haskins '26 and Bowditch of the Boston team was the closest of the day. The University player finished strongly to win the last two games after dropping the first and third. With the state crown safely in the Crimson's possession, T. E. Jansen Jr. '26 completed the day with an additional victory over Plimpton, who managed to take only one game from the victor...