Word: gold
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...miles, the fabled and yet factual City of Chan-Chan. Here glowed the prehistoric splendor of the Chimu Empire, long, long before the great Imperial civilization of the Incas rose, to be conquered in later turn by Renaissance Spain. After three centuries of Spanish rule-galleons, slaves and sweated gold-romance in Peru was still at full tide. Only then came Simon Bolivar-hero of a continent-to end the Spanish rule of South America where it began, in Lima. In consequence Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Hoover can visit no South American capital whatsoever without finding, in some especially public place...
...with the potent inconsistency of greatness, has now turned his broad back upon the Russian Soviet Government which, two years ago, was furnishing him with most of his money, ammunition and supplies. It is an historic paradox that the Nationalist Party, which conquered China with Russian propaganda and Russian gold, is now absolutely estranged from Moscow and on the friendliest terms with U. S. business...
...given in Brattle Hall, Cambridge on December 12, 13, and 14, and will move to Boston on December 15 for a showing in John Hancock Hall. Eugene O'Neill, upon reading the book, pronounced it the best play of Mexican peon life that he had ever read. Michael Gold, the author of the play, will make a special trip to Cambridge to see the premiere...
...minor points it is almost needless to touch. It would be insulting to suppose that a man who has more or less successfully passed the ordeal of the Harvard entrance examinations does not know that grotesque gold pins embellished with cabalistic signs and Greek letters are ornaments suited only to the barbarous taste of the Far West; or that on public occasions bad hats, seedy coats, and pepper-and-salt trousers should be laid aside. The suspicious diamonds displayed by the itinerant tradesmen who replenish their wardrobes from the refuse of our own would in themselves be a sufficient caution...
...Banjo Club Wagner Morse Up the Street Morse Banjo Club 2. Invictus Huhn The House by the Side of the Road Galesian Football Songs Vocal Club 3. Specialty Act S. W. Burbank '29 4. Liebesfrend Kerisler Narcissus Nevin Narcissus Nevin Mandolin Club 5. Specialty Act J.S.B. Archer '31 6. Gold Coast Orchestra 7. Specialty Act Robert Reinhart '29 8. Landsighting Grieg The Bells of St. Mary's Adams Vocal Club 9. Football Medley Arranged by Rice Banjo Club 10. Fair Harvard Combined Clubs