Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Between banquets and lectures, at Oslo, the delegates and His Majesty and Crown Prince Olaf attended gala performances at the National Theatre of six Ibsen plays: 1) Brand (1866), the tragic story of a clergyman who places duty to God majestically above earthly love but is killed by an earthly avalanche; 2) The League of Youth (1869), one of Ibsen's few boisterous comedies; 3) Ghosts (1881), in which a son is smitten by Fate in the guise of inherited venereal disease; 4) An Enemy of the People (1882), wherein the honesty of one man makes him the enemy...
Married. George Moran, blackface comedian, member of the team of Moran & Mack ("Two Black Crows"); to Dancer Claire White; at Crown Point...
Over fifty men have signed up for the tournament. Among these are several boxers who fought their way up to the finals last year, which were held before an enthusiastic crowd of 600 students. R. E. Johnson '27 who has won the 175 pound crown for two years running, is back as a graduate school student to defend his title. Last year he scored the only knockout of the final bouts...
...Cabinet members have been hereditary titled aristocrats. This significant discovery was touted as proving that the British governmental system is not, after all, "democratic," as it is often declared to be. Further research by Professor Laski appeared to show that only 23 businessmen have ever become Ministers of the Crown...
...villain and murderer, one Crown, hitherto ably impersonated by Jack Carter, will henceforth be impersonated by Paul Robeson, famed Negro singer and actor. Several songs deleted from Crown's role will be put back for Mr. Robeson to sing...