Word: peacock
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...scrutiny of the public eye for a cash reward--how ignoble and unworthy does the compensation seem. The letter printed below received a dollar prize in the "Traveller" Love Letter Contest but it seems a small reward for the budding poet who finds his "beloved" more noble than the "peacock...
...decide to have dinner at the Willard in the crystal room. Here you are really in the halls of history. Gone is the romance and the glory and the prominent personages. You journey through Peacock Alley, pass women from the West who think they are in style; and take a seat in the middle of the Alley. Your interest is aroused by three old codgers (probably ex-Congressmen) talking very loudly--perhaps all are a bit deal--on an adjacent couch. You hear them, as I have sigh and reminisce of the days of Ariemus Ward and James Whitcomb Riley...
...Peacock-proud, North Western splashed big advertisements in Chicago and Manhattan newspapers, plugged The 400 over the radio, announced a forthcoming $1,000 prize contest. To make The 400 possible it had spent $100,000, a year of research and preparation. The roadbed had been reballasted, curves "super-elevated." Boiler pressure on the locomotive was stepped up, traction increased, oil substituted for coal to eliminate fuel stops. The 400 hit 91 on its maiden trip last week, clipped off 81 mi. in 67 min., zipped through a ceremonial tape at 85, snorted into St. Paul 2 hr. 52 min. under...
...jail Luis Quintanilla is well fed, is allowed pencils and paper, is at present working on the portrait of his warden. The warden is proud as a peacock...
Trials for "The Dilettanti," a two act farce by Thomas Love Peacock, to be presented by members of Kirkland House about Thanksgiving, it was announced at the meeting, will be held tonight at seven o'clock in the Senior Common Room. Huntington Brown '22, tutor in the Department of English, will direct the play...