Word: juba
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bontemps can sketch convincing characters, to use an overworked expression. His negroes are authentic, and so are his "planter" aristocrats. Ben, the loyal old slave, who betrays the insurgents; Melody, the mulatto mistress of the white rascals; Juba, the slave girl who is in love with the hero; Mr. Moseley Sheppard, Ben's master; Pharaoh, the other traitor--all these characters remain fixed in the memory some time after one has finished reading the book. Gabriel, the hero, who had pondered on the exploits of Toussainat L'Ouverture, the Haitian patriot, is not so forceful as a better novelist would...
Henry B. Robbins '36 will direct the vocal club, which will render three songs, "The Drums," "The Pope," and "Winter Song." An outstanding part of the program is the "Juba" piece...
...streets of Rome. There had been a victory, a great victory. Italian papers first hailed it as "one of the greatest victories in colonial history," later called it, "The battle of the Three Rivers," from the fact that three stony streams unite northwest of Dolo to form the Juba River...
...feet, and if we tried a mere peep through windows our eyes were scorched and our heads swam. Of course, to add to the discomfort, it was rough as the dickens. . ." After two scorching days & nights, the weather turned cool and cloudy. They began to enjoy themselves. Near Juba the pilot banged a bell thrice. Game! Fourteen passengers whooped with excitement, flattened their noses against the windows as the ship's nose went down. They saw a herd of about 200 elephants of assorted sizes; then another, then a third. "Can you imagine our feelings? And funny none...