Word: fourths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...combat every evil, every sin, every wrong." This man was a worthy successor to Henry Ward Beecher (incumbent 1847-87), Lyman Abbott (incumbent 1888-99) and Newell Dwight Hillis (incumbent 1899-1924)* as pastor of Plymouth Church, decided the fifteen quizzing ministers. Forthwith, they installed him-Plymouth's fourth pastor since its establishment...
Honor Be Damned. Again, Willard Mack. In this, his fourth play of the season, (The Noose, success, Lily Sue, not a success, Hangman's House, flop) he enacts the leading role himself. He is a smooth-tongued criminal lawyer, who could convince any jury of twelve men that "even if his client did steal the Brooklyn Bridge, the city didn't need the thing, anyhow." Among his achievements is securing the acquittal of a political friend charged with being the father of an illegitimate child. The able lawyer's "women folks" object to his consorting with politically influential bums, whereupon...
...gruelling session on the court. He took the first game after a sew saw battle with an 18-15 count. Bohlen turned the tables in the next game by taking the University court man into camp by a 15-16 score. Thacher took the third game, but dropped the fourth by the same count. In the fifth round he steadied down to take the game and match. The team suffered its first setback of the afternoon when Gammell swept Stewart to defeat. Oliver made up for this by defeating Gardner easily at 15-13, 15-10 and 15-12. Dupertuls...
...fourth tract is "A Discourse Written by Sir George Downing, The King of Great Britain's Envoy Extraordinary to the States of the United Provinces Vindicating his Royal Matter from the Infolencies of a Scandalous Libel...
...from the Crimson quartet. For three-quarters of the mile distance the Harvard runners held their own with the southerners, but on the last lap, while running a nip-and-tuck race and making a strong bid for victory, O'Neil, the Crimson anchor man, tripped and fell. The fourth Maryland flier aped on to an easy...