Word: entertained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Central Park, Manhattan, was held last week a unique memory contest. To the 10,000 citizens who stood about the Mall listening to the orchestra which the City engages to entertain melodylovers, pieces of paper and sharp lead pencils were distributed. As the band played extracts from 100 different selections, the game was to jot down the name of the selection. The results were surprising in their excellence; almost all the scores were creditable. "How do you account for it?" an official was asked. "The movies," said he. "They teach people music. The day has gone by when the girl...
...exists principally north of the Mason and Dixon line. No. 2 thrives in the South. No. 1 has yielded a point or two to Science. Many of its pastors believe that the earth is round, that it revolves round the sun, and some of them entertain a doubt as to whether man was created in the image of God, including the left eyelash. But No. 2 adheres strictly to Faith, uncorrupted by Science, and rejoices in the fact that Evolution has been legislated out of the schools of several good old Southern States...
...veteran combination will entertain the University Seconds when Coach Stewart's team engages Phillips Academy at Andover this afternoon. McCiellan, Jones, Vaughan, Prior, Parisien, Mumby and Shoop have had one or more years of experience on the Academy nine and have been going strong this year. Mumby, whose home run clinched the game with the Crimson Freshmen last year, has been leading the team in hitting. Shoop, who is the most probable hurler for this afternoon is pitching his third year for the Andover team...
There will be two orchestras provided, one to play in the Smith Halls Common Room, and one to entertain in the Dining Room, the dancing to last until 2 o'clock. While Bert Lowe's Orchestra is the only one engaged so far, the announcement of the second body of musicians will be made in a few days...
...Columbia and Penn on May 10 will see Yale meet the above pair tomorrow at New Haven because the A and B University and the 150-pound crews will row by themselves tomorrow afternoon. Coaches Stevens, Shaw, and Newell will be in New Coach "Ed" Leader of Yale will entertain his old western friends...