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Word: glees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nominate, or rather to renominate, James M. Cox. He spoke mostly about Wilson and the League of Nations, and carried the audience with him in his demand for a return to "Wilson principles." When he had done, Ohio stood on its chairs and demonstrated, with the aid of Glee Clubs, for a quarter of an hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: At Manhattan | 7/7/1924 | See Source »

...alliance with the Bishop in the Heaton case was made necessary by a demand for more liberal lambs (or goats) to cast on the altar of his Searchlight. Out came the Searchlight (100,000 circulation) with screamer headline: HEATON, MODERNIST, CORNERED AND EXPOSED. The Bishop chuckled with glee. Frank Norris had given Heaton not more than six months to live in Texas?and Two-gun Norris gets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reportorial Christianity | 6/30/1924 | See Source »

Several thousand gaily attired Class Day merry-makers filled the Yard from the steps of Widener to Appleton Chapel last night, when the Glee Club gave its Class Day concert. The lanterns enhanced the pageantry of the celebration as the crowd stood for nearly an hour until the last college song ended the program, performed by about 50 men on the broad steps, marked the end of the Glee Club season and was one of the features of the evening's festivities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO THOUSAND THRONG YARD DURING GLEE CLUB CONCERT | 6/18/1924 | See Source »

...also laid the cornerstone of a new chapel; heard the class ode, the music of which was written by John; heard him receive the fourth prize in English theme writing; heard him give one of eight honorary orations on Perseverance; heard a concert by the Academy Mandolin and Glee Clubs, in the latter of which John sang first bass; heard him given honorable mention as one of the class (of 81) who had been the best influence in the School...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Mr. Coolidge's Week: Jun. 16, 1924 | 6/16/1924 | See Source »

...Yard will be illuminated by 7 o'clock, and at 8 the various private spreads will get under way, and the Glee Club will sing on the steps of Widener at 9. At 11, the Yard will be closed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seniors Prepare to Make Farewell Bow to Harvard | 6/16/1924 | See Source »

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