Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bartlett, who has contributed articles bearing on college life to the Saturday Evening Post under the nom deplume "The Old Dog," when interviewed by a CRIMSON reporter yesterday, stated it as his belief that the erndition which is generally admitted to the more common in the graduates of English colleges than in those from American institutions is traceable rather to different environment and different habits of thought than to any basic faulty in the American system of education...
...scenes, nothing those of battle and war practices, are ethically far from pleasing. Other bas-reliefs, as hunting scenes, are, though still annalistic and characterized by certain rigid conventions, true to life and finely executed. Notably is this so in treatment of animal forms, the horse, the lion, the dog. To the student of the history of art these bas-reliefs have great value...
...surrounded by a mountainous mass of blankets, counterpanes and pillows. A little pomeranian was playing just out of arm's reach with the paper wrapping around a huge box of candy which had evidently been sent by an admirer. At Miss Van Gordon's request the reporter placed the dog on the floor and then asked whether the star liked to play in Wagnerian roles...
...will probably triumph in the end Mr. Bigelow's forcible style can make some telling points. In any event, the quarrel has promise of the acrimonious personalities which always please the bystander. Although not masterpieces of literature the rival invectives have the morbid appeal of a scandal sheet. The dog-fighting portion of the intelligentsia hopes that the quarrel will be long and litter...
...main point of the Wesleyan speakers was that the present athletic program has failed to live up to what they termed the "democratic ideal". The traditional figure of the tall wagging the dog was discarded by the losers for one of more ancient derivation, that of the camel crowding the Arab out of his tent...