Word: polos
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Clare, who has married well, dresses her, takes her to polo matches, rubs away the dust of Sussex and the bloom of spontaneity. Percival Fream, rich, meticulous, impotent, gives her first a diamond ring, then a marriage which includes all the luxuries save one. Mary gives dances behind the bright windows and in the wide gardens of Hill House but she cannot escape the knowledge that, for a steady diet, potatoes are more satisfying than candied rose leaves...
...Athletic committee decided further to award the "PHT" insignia to last spring's polo team. Five men will receive the polo insigna; R. B. Burnett '28, Alexander Shaw '28, R. A. Pinkerton '27, J. D. Stranahan, Jr. '26, and E. W. Mudge '27, manager...
Saturday night the University polo team continued its winning streak by defeating the 110th Cavalry team. At the opening of the game the army men started off in a whirlwind fashion and at the opening of the fifth period were leading by a score of 5 to 3 1-2. However the Crimson mallet men soon rallied and in one chukker of brilliant riding marked up five points. When they led their tired ponies off the sawdust field the score stood 9 1-2 6 in favor of the University team. The team will now have a rest until...
Winding up their indoor activity with their only post season game, the championship University Polo team is taking on the 101st Officers. This game is being played to keep the pony riders busy while they are waiting for the ground to harden so that they can start their outdoor work...
...thing, that the West has always had an interest in the East, ranging from the practical ideas of traders to the romantic notions of poets. For most of us, however, the East is thought of as a new discovery; a discovery that begins with the thrilling adventures of Marco Polo. Few realize the ancient connection between China and the west; that trade between Greece and Korea throve in the first century of our era; that in 1307 Pope Clement, V. constituted Pekin an archepiscopal see in favor of a missionary Franciscan: John of Montecorvino, or that purely Mongolian types appear...