Word: dinfully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wade and Boylston prizes was held last night in Sanders Theatre before a large audience. The Wade prize of $50 was awarded by the unanimous decision of the judges to Oviatt McConnell '23 of Buffalo, N. Y., who read for his piece Rudyard Kipling's dramatic poem, "Gunga Din". Eli Allen Smith '25 of Worcester received the first Boylston Prize of $35 for his selection, "Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln" by Henry Watterson, while the second prize of $25 went to Norman Edwin Hines '23 of Portland, Conn., who read John Bright's "Faith in the People". It is interesting...
...Oviatt McConnell '23--"Gungha Din" by Rudyard Kipling...
...Defence of the Realm Bill would be read, Dr. Smeral, leader of the communists, gave the signal for a deafening onslaught of noise from his party. A tattoo was drummed with despatch boxes on the desks. Whistles, large bells and trumpets joined in one concerted, inharmonious, deafening din. The parties opposing the communists, not to be outdone, mustered their vocal chords and poured forth a varied species of banshee wail-but all to no avail. The communists not only carried the day, but held the Parliament building. A desperate Government Bench, not being able to hear itself think, finally ordered...
Died: Musammat Rukka, 25, widow of Ganga Din Ahir, 28, Italy, India. She committed suttee on the funeral pyre of her husband...
...accomplish that purpose. A suggestion made by the Governor of Massachusetts, that bells be toiled from 11.45 until noon, should not be overlooked at Harvard. This is one of the few chances given our bell to perform a welcome service. Its metallic clang will add materially to the general din of celebration; the sound of it at that unusual hour will turn the thoughts of all students to the significance of the occasion; and its ceasing will be a signal for all to join in the two minutes of meditation which the President urges. Let us hope that indifference will...