Word: prospecting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Worcester Academy where he was a strong though not particularly brilliant performer. As a Freshman in the University, however, he was unable to play football. At the beginning of the next fall he was retained on the University squad but was not regarded as a very likely first team prospect. For several weeks he substituted in the center berth and then came the 34-0 defeat at the hands of Princeton. A complete shake-up resulted in the Crimson ranks, and Turner who had shown up to great advantages in a relief role was advanced to first team rating...
...scarcely be expected to carry out the entire tackle assignment without frequent relief. In this respect the loss of W. L. Storey '30, last year's Freshman bulwark, through ineligibility will undoubtedly prove a serious handicap. J. E. Barrett '30, Storey's running mate last year, is the leading prospect for relief work. He is the solid, powerful type of tackle who can stand and administer plenty of rough treatment. H. L. Levin '29, T. H. Alcock 28, and F. Z. Davis '30 are the other tackles on the University squad. Levin rose from the class ranks to Second team...
There will be Freshmen already absorbed in scientific careers, in medicine, philosophy and the prospect of business. There are bound to be others filled with the importance of their own self-sufficiency resenting the thought of culture and broader horizons. As the Freshman wanders about the historic buildings inside and out, as he contemplates the multitude of new demands to be made upon his time, as he analyzes his companions, and passes learned professors in the yard, his humility may drive him to his interests already established and further into himself; or on the other hand, his pretended superiority...
...Grace' do you?" "Nonsense, my dear, she'd think you were using her first name." "I must ask her what she thought of Lindy!" Into the midst of the furor walked Mrs. Coolidge. One lady, Mrs. M. W. Pangburn, immediately fainted, because, as she explained later, "the prospect of meeting the wife of a President" had caused her to lose consciousness. This was the first Black Hills social function that Mrs. Coolidge had attended. That she chose to make her debut at a meeting of the Fortnightly Club was due, not to her favoritism, but to the fact...
...pictures in the salon. Since there are not too many pictures, each must be studied. Studied they are appreciated, just as are the pictures hung in a gentleman's private gallery. The artist exhibiting under these conditions finds them ideal for a sale?he has a proper display, his prospect the proper attitude, and usually, aboard fine steamers, the proper purse...