Word: lone
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...every head but one rested a flat-topped, tasseled cap; all but one pair of legs marched swathed in the folds of the academic gown. The lone exception was Vice President Charles Gates Dawes, who, with silk hat, striped trousers, frock coat and pale blue, pearl-studded tie headed the parade.* He was to deliver the Commencement Address to the 1927 Class of Washington University...
Poetry. The vision of a lone pilot in a grey bird (plane) over the yawning Atlantic caused many people to develop poetic ecstasy. The fruits of more than 200 inspirations reached the New York Times; the New York World reported 2% bushels of verse. But at Le Bourget, shortly after Captain Lindbergh landed a fortnight ago, there was a poet who squatted on the flying field to gain first-hand inspiration-like Francis Scott Key writing the Star Spangled Banner. The squatter was sleek Maurice Rostand, son of the late Edmond Rostand.* The results were disappointing, particularly when translated into...
Behind this pitching the University fielders have played a sterling defensive game. One lone mistake marred the Brown fracas, while in both the Georgetown and Colgate games the Harvard fielding has been faultless...
Henry Chauncey '28 regular backstop of the Harvard aggregation, still leads the vanguard of the batsmen, although his figure took a 13 point plunge during the week's play. A lone single was the total of his activities with the ash in the Georgetown tilt, and he failed to hit against Colgate. At Providence, I. R. Duchin '27 took his place behind...
Barbee's two victories give him an average of 887, with eight games won and one lost. The lone loss charged against the Junior twirler was the first engagement with Georgetown at Washington, when he, as relief pitcher, allowed a pinch-hitter to drive in the winning run of a 7 to 6 contest. The four-hit shutout of last week avenged this stain on his record...