Word: hills
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Freshman squad has unusually strong material this Spring. Among the outstanding candidates are M. T. Hill, a former Loomis star, Arthur Ingraham Jr., Exeter tennis captain for the last three years, E. B. Ward, of the Santa Barbara School, and R. S. Winslow, from the Rivers School...
...World War as First Lieutenant of Field Artillery. At the opening of the Spanish-American War, his uncle, Theodore Roosevelt, was Assistant Secretary of the Navy; he soon found the job too tame and resigned to lead the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill. Another Roosevelt, Franklin D., held the Navy post from 1913 to 1920; Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Assistant Secretary Robinson's cousin, next held the job (1921-1924, resigned). In Nahant, Mass., in November, 1924, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge on his deathbed heard of T. R. Jr.'s resignation. To President Coolidge he made his last...
...George W. Wightman met Miss Margaret Blake last week in the finals of the women's national indoor singles tennis tournament on the Longwood courts, Chestnut Hill, Mass. Superior headwork enabled Mrs. Wightman, mother of five, to tire her younger opponent early in the match; to win the championship, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4. A few minutes later Mrs. Wightman and Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup lined up against Miss Blake and Miss Edith Sigourney in the doubles event finals. Again Mrs. Wightman, mother of five, added to her laurels. Score: 8-6, 1-6, 6-3. The gallery...
...fierce battle of San Juan Hill, Van Brunt carries his wounded comrade safely to the hospital tent, where Bert surrenders Mary's U. S. flag to his more fortunate rival before he dies. But it was Bert whose hysteria in rushing upon the enemy without orders, precipitated the charge that drove the Spaniards from the hill...
...Americanism. For those who do not object to a lofty propaganda with their theatre, it offers tense, lucid drama. For others, it seems wordy. The first scene shows the farmer-pioneer, Silas Morton (Robert F. Ross), struggling against the materialism of his family who object to bequeathing their best hill to the state for the erection of a college that will preserve "the best that has been thought and said." But in 1879, Morton College is founded. By 1920, it has grown so that state appropriations are needed for further expansion. Senator Lewis advises the College president, descendant...