Word: master
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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While Robertson was superior at long range, the stockier Yale boxer was a past master of infighting. After trading blows evenly for three rounds, they were both tottering so that it seemed an even gamble which one would go down, and swing the victory to one side or the other...
Lovers of that master of humorists, Will Rogers, will find an evening of mirthful entertainment in "The County Chairman," current feature at the University Theater. Written by George Ade, this proved to be on the most popular plays in the history of the American stage. In the film version, Will Rogers is cast in a difficult role which only he could have played with the necessary human touch...
Back in the days when all was fair in politics as well as love and war, he appears as the crafty political campaign manager, a master in the art of vote-getting, crafty in battling his opponents, but magnanimous enough to subordinate political victory to advancing the love of two young sweethearts...
...faculty members who will officiate are Assistant Dean William H. Cary, Jr. '17 and Julian L. Coolidge '95, master of Lowell House. The undergraduate officers include Edwin I. Brainard '35, Thomas H. Hunter '35, David W. Lewis '35, Arthur W. Todd '35, and Franklin P. Whitbeck '35. They are all chairmen of their respective House committees...
Honors had already been heaped on Actor Harrison. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People gave him its Spingarn Medal as the outstanding Negro of 1930. Howard University made him a Master of Arts. From North Carolina State College of Agriculture & Engineering and Lincoln University he received Doctorates of Dramatic Literature. Boston University presented him its Sigma Key. He was asked to speak at Rotary Clubs, to colleges and congregations wherever the show went, and his most prized possession is the Bible from the Clergy Club of New York, with the names of all its members inscribed. Governors...