Word: peps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...irrepressible Kitty Doner introduces her brother and sister in a very clever singing and dancing act at Keith's this week. Appearing first as a New York dandy, Kitty brings down the house with her "pep" and originality; her next entry is with her brother, giving a sketch, "The Bowerie Tough," played by her father and mother twenty years ago. They sing, "Over on 8't Avenoo" with the most ludicrous pantomime imaginable; then, disappearing for a moment, Kitty startles everyone by her clever kicking and singing as "The Devil of the Dive...
...Jazzed" to the highest notch and liberally sprinkled with "pep", William Rock's "Revue of 1920" started off "on high" at the Wilbur Theatre last Monday night and sped through two kaleidoscopic acts without once slackening its pace. This swiftly-moving vehicle depends principally upon the humorous efforts of Billy Van, an exceptionally good chorus, and the versatile Mr. Rock himself, to keep the audience so busy laughing or applauding that it has no time to notice minor defects or shop-worn conventionalities; and it succeeds admirably in this...
Although in the past it has been the traditional policy to perform only the works of the great masters, the Pierian Sodality has in accordance with the modern demand for "pep" added to its program representative music of a lighter vein. The playing of symphonies will, of course, be continued; but at the same time music of the better musical-comedy style will be given...
Captain O'Connell, last year's intercollegiate mile champion, was the last speaker. After discussing the hard schedule ahead of the team. O'Connell finished with these words: "Every man be out on the field every day! We have the 'pep', the system, the coaching, and the fight; with proper undergraduate support, Yale can't beat...