Word: mats
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have struck laymen as hideous and obscure. They have had a certain technical interest in that they have grown out of extensive experiments with chromatics and the twelve-tone scale. They illustrate new elaborately propounded principles which many a young ultra modern is endeavoring to cultivate. But such cerebral mat ters have little interest for the rank & file of orchestra subscribers. Philadelphians were plainly grateful last week for new music they could understand. With the 532 performers they applauded vigorously the man who had insisted on giving it. then conducted it superbly. Stokowski will repeat the performance April...
...third straight victory over Yale matmen this afternoon at 5.30 o'clock in the New Indoor Athletic Building. Gridley Barrows will open the meet at 4 o'clock with his bout against Captain Rotan of Yale, Eastern Intercollegiate champion. Following this bout, the Freshman grapplers will go on the mat, to be followed in turn by the University wrestlers...
Judging from the comparative times of advantages and falls, Chicago deserved to win the meet more than the Harvard wrestlers who have been thrown out of stride by mid-years. J. H. Crandon '33 proved to be too much out of condition after his long absence from the mat to offer real competition to his rival...
...strong Tech wrestling team is conceded a slight edge over the University grapplers when the two groups of matmen clash in the New Indoor Athletic Building tonight at 8 'clock. The rival Freshman teams will go on the mat at 7 o'clock and the Crimson first year men are expected to put on a good exhibition. It will be the initial match of the season for both Harvard teams...
...love story of John Bray and Clarissa is no more than the thread which goes into the weaving of an American tapestry, a tapestry based on a firm mat of fact gleaned and connected by profound scholarly effort. The entire book would prove of valuable assistance to students of American history and expansion. In fact, it may well be taken as a jovial and sympathetic lecture on the social and intellectual history of the United States during the pre-War of 1812 period. At first the frequent use of obsolete words in conversation leads to a measure of resentment...