Word: foils
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York City, was elected captain of the fencing team for next year. Boyce has had less experience than most of the other University foilsmen, having joined the squad for the first time last fall, but since that time has proved himself to be a steady performer in the foil and epee events. John Sedgwick Barss '22, of Windsor, Conn., was reelected manager, and John King Watson '23, of Rockaway, N. J., was chosen assistant manager
Monte Blue takes the lead in the elaborate production of Charles Maigne's "The Kentuckians", at the Park Theatre this week. "Luxury" is well-chosen, foil for this picture; it is an up-to-the-moment tale of a woman's desire for magnificent surroundings, and features Rubye de Remer to resplendent advantage...
Corbett is still the same old Jim, tall, well-tailored and wearing the same impenetrable face. He forms a perfect foil for the antics of his partner, his eloquent speech on the eighteenth amendment being completely lost in the gales of merriment aroused by the contortions of Van, as the latter attempts to tell his "red" joke...
...action moves swiftly throughout the entire play; to Miss Elizabeth Moffat much credit is due for awakening, in the first scene, the risibilities of the expectant audience. The butler, Donald Meek, was an admirable foil to the harrassed hero and featured an amusing scene portraying the economic emancipation of the modern servant...
Tonight the University fencing team will leave for New York City where the Intercollegiate Fencing Tournament will be held in the Hotel Astor tomorrow and Saturday. The team which will compete in the foil championships will be composed of Captain R. H. Snow '20, S. H. Ordway '21, and G. P. Howard '20, with J. S. Barss '22 acting as substitute. In 1919 in the Intercollegiate the University foilsmen ranked third...