Word: darke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Under the title "Should the Colleges Educate?" Mr. Gerald W. Johnson in the current Harper's adds a fresh current to the dark grey stream of criticism directed at the colleges. He surveys what he considers the present undergraduate body--a group of carefree young men concerned primarily with extra-curricular activities and the incidental culture which may be acquired thereby, and gives it his blessing. Since he believes the incoming tides of students lack this incidental culture in the background of their homes and schools, it is better for them to learn it at college than to bother themselves...
Soon the Bessengen toppled into the dark water and sank. There had been 31 souls on board. Eight (the captain said seven) had been saved by the Paris, 13 by the American Legion; Captain Ludwig Hassell, his wife, daughter and dog, by the Brooklyn. Six men had disappeared. They were all Norwegians: a donkeyman, two firemen, a deckhand, an able-bodied seaman, a trimmer. Newspaper presses roared. The rescued told their different stories. Cables flashed from New York to Paris. The Norwegian consul started an investigation. The captain of the Brooklyn denied that his men did not know...
...Stories.* The Undefeated is about an old bull fighter, fighting in a dark arena. "Manuel was facing the bull again, the muleta held low and to the left. The bull's head was down as he watched the muleta. . . . He felt the sword buckle as he shoved it in, leaning his weight on it, and then it shot high in the air, end-over-ending into the crowd. Manuel had jumped clear as the sword jumped. The first cushions thrown out of the dark missed him. Then one hit him in the face, his bloody face looking towards the crowd...
...woman had no business to attempt such a flight. It was perfectly ridiculous to read of this young person's chatter, of her preparations for the event?her vanity bag, Chinese ring, knickers, black and red four-in-hand tie and pastel-shaded band over dark brown hair?and to remember that she was going to risk her life just to gratify her stupid vanity...
...feat of Dr. Dorothy Cochrane Logan, (Nom de mer Mona McLennan) in bettering Gertrude Ederle's time. To Dr. Logan was paid the $5,000 prize offered by Lord Riddell of the News of the World to any British girl who beat the record. She had grooved the dark wet miles in 13 hours, 10 minutes; 81 minutes faster than Miss Ederle...