Word: manly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...years ago Glendon Sr. was Columbia's coach and his son was assisting him. Then Glendon Sr. went to the Navy and Columbia kept the son. In last week's Columbia crew every man but one had once been coached by Glendon Sr. But no Glendon crews ever raced each other in a dual meet until last week...
...Lamb was a thorough man. Knowing that life leaves its stigmata on the body, he carefully detailed his health history in his will. He reported that, as a child, he had varioloid measles, sore throat and "colds." When he was twelve he had struck his head upon a stone and gone unconscious for a short time. Then he walked home. Apparently there were no after results. But for years his scalp had felt tender. In adult life he had had typhoid, acute rheumatism, labyrinthine deafness, pneumonia five times, influenza, chronic laryngitis, chronic ulcer of nasal septum...
...Mexico it is wise to carry a pistol. Most Mexicans do it. In Mexico City there is a man who stands, peaceably enough, on a scaffold and paints pictures of his countrymen on walls and ceilings. Sometimes even he carries a pistol, a very large pistol with a commensurate cartridge belt. But this pistol is not a weapon. It is an artist's symbol...
...bride leads her daughter to groom's parents. Father of bride strikes bride with whip (ancient ritual, symbol of submission) and then passes whip to groom. Girls and bride dance to ancient folk-song-the whole company becomes increasingly intoxicated. All dance a ronde and sing, while a man and his wife from among the guests enter the bed to warm it with the heat of their bodies. Drushka and Svacha bring dishes of food. The whole company lead the bride and groom near to the bed in preparation. Bride takes off shoes of groom (symbol of submission), guests...
...Oranienbaum, near St. Petersburg, little Igor Stravinsky was born, son of an opera singer. He was a child of terrifying musical precocity and an early tendency towards hair-splitting conversation. The law first attracted him and he attended the University. Then, aged 20. he met a wise old man, Rimsky-Korsakov, one of the great five who had founded the Russian National School of Music. Rimsky, steeped in the folklore of his country, taught the youth to put his ear to the ground, to listen to the earth sounds of Muscovy...