Word: entertainers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lords of Business are gathered in some marbled Valhalla, the late Claus Spreckels must be prominent among them. When the celestial ticker has stopped and cocktail time draws near he might entertain the other spirits with tales of his business battles. Many were the little struggles which marked his rise from a German emigrant (1848) to a San Francisco storeowner (1856) and then a mighty sugar king. Among these was the hard battle with American Sugar Refining Co., ending with the "Sugar Trust" being driven from Mr. Spreckels' territory. And there was the argument with King Kalakaua of Hawaii...
...Hillyer '17, assistant professor of English, will entertain members of Adams House tonight when he speaks on "The Poetry of Robert Bridges" in the Common Room following a House dinner...
...absolute secrecy" (not even the police will be told); 2) "absolute non-interference with the final decision" (no prospective suicide will be nagged, browbeaten or cajoled into remaining alive). During the hearty banquet last week leading Viennese stage folk (not all of them comedians) did their best to entertain the 1,000 strange guests, some of whom actually laughed before they went away to brood. "We estimate that 70% of the people who consult us ultimately decide against suicide." said the Advisory Centre's quiet, kindly secretary. "It seems to be in mutual comparison of their troubles that...
Players from all the houses, with the exception of Lowell and Dunster, pay for the use of the squash courts at the time when they are used. But in Lowell and Dunster House, payment is deferred to the term-bill. Thus when players from other houses entertain their competitors from these two houses they are compelled to pay immediately, while the reverse does not hold. It is the multiplication of details such as these that causes friction...
Combining a Christmas dinner and smoker Adams House will entertain its residents on Thursday, December 17. The informal dinner at 6.30 o'clock, exclusively for members of the house, will he followed by a play to be presented by the resident tutors of the House. The title of the play, which will probably be by one of the tutors, has not yet been announced. The acting will take place in the dining room in the space enclosed by the two U-shaped dinner tables...