Word: marvellous
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Prof. F. W. Marvel, director of athletics, said: "We feel that it is a great opportunity to put athletics in its proper place develop new men and give more students an opportunity to participate and compete. Having a university represented by a few stars may win games but the mere winning of games should not be the chief aim and purpose of educational institutions...
...Grant, Marvel...
...England. The final result of the affair was that England made a formal demand, which was complied with--a blow to American prestige. In spite of this and other minor errors, Lincoln managed to keep the war confined to this continent, which to the his-toian seems a marvel...
...main reading room is a marvel of decorative skill. The scaffolding has been removed, and the ceiling decorations are nearly complete. The color of the ceiling, as well as the polished stone pillars and side columns, is a deep yellow. The lighting is accomplished by means of diffusion glass, which will be in place in a month. The plastering here, as throughout the building, is finished, and the tile work is rapidly coming on. The book cases for this room have been ordered; the massive centre tables are ready and waiting to be inserted...
...play, as would be expected, is not dramatic, though it has a few brief dramatic moments. It is a succession of stage pictures, pictures that are a marvel of stage craft--pictures with reality, with geographical and historical interest, and at times of rare loveliness. The sprightly opening scenes take us to the old French colony of Nova Scotia, with the spinning wheel and the quaint costumes of Acadian peasants. The soft sylvan scene representing a shore of the southern Mississippi has peculiar charm, and the weirdness of the Indian wigwam and the trapper's hut in the wilds...