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Word: dexterity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Here are all makings of a pretty scandal. In the unavoidable absence of Mr. Longfellow, no one can determine whether Mr. Dexter Pratt, who lived on Brattle Street, was he of the famous muscles, or whether the poet's hero spoke with a strong Kentish accent. The only possible solution is that Mr. Pratt was a man of means who kept two establishments. Or possibly the poet was inspired by the cumulative effect of two constant trees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPREADING CHESTNUT | 5/21/1924 | See Source »

...following is the complete list of Patronesses: Mrs. Lillian D. Beal, Mrs. ford '27 in charge of the Committee on Patronesses: Mrs. Lilban D. Beal, Mrs. Charles E. Bohlen, Mrs. Nicholas P. T. Burke, Mrs. Follen Cabot; Mrs. Charles P. Clifford, Mrs. Harold J. Coolidge, Mrs. William E. Dexter, Mrs. F., Murray Forbes, Mrs. William P. Graves, Mrs. Chester N. Greenough, Mrs. Robert H. Gross, Mrs. Robert H. Hallowell, Mrs. Paul M. Hamlen, Miss Mary Caroline Hardy, Mrs. B. J. Harrison, Mrs. Francis Lee Higginson, Mrs. Alexander H. Ladd, Mrs. David M. Little Jr., Mrs. A. Law.ence Lowell, Mrs. Matthew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1927 JUBILEE TO BE AN EXCLUSIVE AFFAIR | 5/2/1924 | See Source »

...Visitation Week" at the Theological School was officially begun yesterday by a devotional service conducted by Dean Sperry, Dean of the School, at Andover Chapel. Following this Professor J. H. Ropes '89, Hollis Professor of Divinity and Dexter Lecturer on Biblical Literature, gave an address on "the Preparation of the Minister...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VISITATION WEEK IS STARTED | 4/23/1924 | See Source »

...opening meeting will be held at 2.30 o'clock today in Andover Chapel. A devotional service conducted by Dean W. L. Sperry of the Theological School will be followed by an address on "The Preparation of the Minister" by Professor J. H. Ropes '89, Hollis Professor of Divinity and Dexter Lecturer on Biblical Literature. At 3.30 o'clock in Andover Chapel Professor Kirsopp Lake, Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History, will lecture on "The Creeds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VISITATION WEEK BEGINS AT THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL | 4/22/1924 | See Source »

What the Cummings family is to America, so are the Wethereds to England, only more so. Over here, Miss Edith and Master Dexter wear respectively the national women's and the intercollegiate laurels. Over there, Miss Joyce's brother, Master Roger, is adorned by the men's amateur title wreath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Oct. 22, 1923 | 10/22/1923 | See Source »

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