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Word: mid-u (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1925-1925
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Wisconsin, which won the mid-U. S. contest two weeks ago (TiME, March 9). failed to warble as satisfactorily as some of the others. The judges (Ralph L. Baldwin, Arthur Bodansky, Kent Schindler) came to a quick conclusion that Yale had sung best, Princeton next, Missouri next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Yale WIns | 3/16/1925 | See Source »

...group repeated the song; they were the glee-clubs of Armour, Beloit, Chicago, Grinnell, Illinois, Iowa, Knox, Lake Forest, Michigan, Millikin, Northwestern, Purdue, Wabash and Wisconsin colleges and universities. After every rendering of the ballad, judges made notes, announced at length that of all seats of learning in the mid-U. S., Wisconsin is sweetest of throat; Michigan is second, they said; Grinnell, third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Glee | 3/9/1925 | See Source »

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