Word: lute
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Endowment Fund of Vassar College will benefit this afternoon at 4 o'clock by a concert of lute-music and troubadour songs by Mr. Thomas Wilfred, on the lawn of historic "Elmwood," the former home of James Russell Lowell, Mr. Wilfred, who is a poet, actor, and musician, will entertain with songs gleaned from the highways and byways of Europe, of both mediaeval and modern time...
...country may favor this economy, as was claimed, or it may not. But no matter where it stands, there seems to be a rift in the lute of the administration's peace. Something has gone wrong, certainly, when two such widely divergent policies can be brought to light within the same twenty-four hours. President Harding may have been more strongly affected than he know by the sight of the coffins on the pier; or the Senate may have suddenly become over-enthusiastic in its efforts. Whatever it was, administrative co-ordination apparently does not work at long-distance range...
...McCarthy '22, E. T. Doherty '22 and H. G. Davis '21. Captain O'Connell can be relied upon to win the mile, while A. H. Fox '21 and C. E. Reycroft '21 are both good runners, and should be able to place. F. G. Bemis '22, R. A. Lute '23 and H. M. Mahon '22 are the best prospects in the two-mile run. R. S. Whitney '22 showed in the meets this winter that he is one of the best hurdlers in collegiate track circles, and with R. W. Fitts '23 will be able to take care of this...
...Rogers in his "Sonnet" fingers an incoherent loveliness. The octave speaks of "chords that bind", an unfortunate ambiguity; the sestet hovers momentaly on the threshold of beauty; but the poem as a whole is tenuous and inarticulate. The "Winter Night's Spell" of Mr. Best plucks an old lute. We cannot help wishing there were more lines like these...