Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cape and hood, the body of Pius XI was raised upon a velvet and gold catafalque, carried in a slow cortege to the Sistine Chapel. There, dwarfed by the surging figures of Michelangelo's vast Last Judgment, the Pope lay in state while dignitaries of the Church, diplomats. Crown Prince Umberto (for the Italian royal family) and Count Galeazzo Ciano (for Mussolini) paid homage. Next day the Pope's body was carried into St. Peter's, where the weeping populace, which had been thronging St. Peter's Square, began filing past his bier. There began...
Money from $1 entry fees is to go to charity. Competing pairs will not have to face last year's winning team of John R. Blair '39, and Frank W. Edlin '28, 1 G. B. Adams will be seeking its third successive House crown...
...squad left Wednesday for the white hills of Hanover and hopes to work in some good practice before Friday and Saturday, the days for which the various events are scheduled. The Big Green is expected to retain its crown, with the major threats to its supremacy coming from McGill, Middlebury, and possibly Harvard. At any rate, Captain Hinton and Captain Bob Johansen of McGill will bear watching...
...with harm less native customs and religious observances. One such harmless ceremony occurred last week in Klang. While drums pounded, flutes shrilled, and ancient rites to drive away evil spirits were performed, British officials benevolently watched 50,000 natives, many of whom had walked through 60 miles of jungle, crown a new ruler, Sultan Alam Shah, sixth head of the 200-year-old State...
McGill's ascent into a first-place tie with Toronto in the International Division and Princeton's 12-1 victory over Yale were twin highlights of the International Intercollegiate Ice Hockey League competition last week. McGill turned back one of the chief rivals for the crown it is defending, Queens University, 7 to 3, while Princeton scored its first triumph in Quadrangular League play and its second in greater-league competition by turning in the highest score made in the circuit this season...