Word: idol
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Proteus. Was this the idol that you worship...
Evidently these two young and spirited gentlemen were devoted to a form of idol worship, but the tribute which they laid at the altar of love is nothing compared to the tributes which present followers of the sport lay before all manner of altars, including that of the Knock-out Punch, Good Looks, the Dome-run Swat, and of multifarious others. For years Valentine's idle heroine worship has been the only religion of a young "louyere and a lusty bachelor", but now the "irrepresible vitality of youth" does not let him rest content until he has gone far afield...
...impelled to pay lip-service to a rare experience? The CRIMSON reflects the tendency of Repute to become identical with Callousness. As one of those branded by the CRIMSON as Hyphenate, I wonder how it feels to brand and all the while bow in awe before an Imperial Idol? J. L. DONOVAN '22. December...
Another life that stood out above the others was that of Lady Hamilton. We must confess that we were more or less ignorant of the part that this remarkable woman played in the life of England's Idol, Lord Nelson. Those who have been accustomed to regard Nelson as a pale but inspired saint will do well to read of the woman who made Nelson human--indeed she almost made him a second Antony, according to Mr. Ellis...