Word: oldest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Escaping from her home on the night of her coming-out party, the orphaned niece sets out on a stage career, inspired by her success in dramatic school. Her aunts had opposed such a life, solely because she belonged to one of the oldest New York families. She tackles a young actor-manager whom she has adored from afar, recites a lurid defamatory speech to convince him of her talent. It convinces him she's a blackmailer, and he telephones for the police. In the end she finds herself in the manager's arms...
Fire Damages Oldest College Building
...fire which started from an unknown-source, damaged Massachusetts Hall, the oldest of the buildings in the Yard, Sunday morning to the extent of $5000. The fire was first discovered after it had eaten its way through a portion of the roof on the southern side of the building...
...oldest of the buildings in the Yard, Massachusetts Hall, was threatened with destruction when a fire broke out on the roof yesterday morning. Built in 1720, Massachusetts Hall was used as a barracks during the Revolution and is replete with historical significance...
...stairways are the offices of the chief janitor, the headquarters of the college police, the carpenter shop of the 47 Workshop, and, in the left, the shabby offices of a few tutors in the department of Economics. Commendable institutions, unquestionably,--and yet they seem a trifle unworthy of the oldest and most beautiful building in the University...