Word: performance
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...abrogate the entire code and will, in fact if not in theory, abolish the other half as to hours and wages. There is strong and uncontrollable opinion among the complying members of the code that . . . the Administration's announcement practically amounts to notice that the Government will not perform its part of the bargain...
...Library of Congress. Feature of the afternoon was supposed to be an Elizabethan wedding celebration in which Marion Kerby, Chicago ballad expert, soloed. But outsiders were more interested in Jilson Setters, the 75-year-old fiddler whom Miss Thomas took to Lon don a year ago to perform in Albert Hall. Jilson Setters has earned wide publicity for Miss Thomas' folksong society. When he arrived in Manhattan to sail his bag gage consisted of one extra shirt, a quilt his grandmother had made, a gourd for a drinking cup, a corncob pipe and his fiddle wrapped in an oilcloth...
...this afternoon at 3 o'clock. This will be the first half of a two-game series, the return engagement being at Soldiers Field on June 2. Captain Eddie Loughlin has been elected to do the honors for the Crimson in the pitcher's box, while Bill Sline will perform for the Crusaders...
...Wednesday, June 20, at the annual evening spread in the houses a mixed program will be presented by the Glee Club. During the intermission, members of the Instrumental Clubs will perform. A clarinet solo will be played by George R. Shaw, 2nd '34; Atreus von Schrader, Jr. '34, Guy S. Hayes '34, and Frank W. Vincent, Jr. '36 will make up a Guitar tried which will render several numbers. Le G. R. Thurber '34, James T. Dennison '34, Francis F. Cary '34, and von Schrader will sing in a quartet...
...throwing milkbottles out the window, that have been averted by timely and sympathetic proctorial intervention looms large in Freshman annals. Qualities of judgment, tact, and initiative are all prime requisites for the position, and the new list of new men gives promise that the latter will perform their functions creditably...